We are delighted to welcome Paul Belson and Gennie Bigord as Vice Presidents of our Capital Markets team. Paul and Gennie will both be based in our Cayman Islands office.
Paul and Gennie are responsible for a portfolio of Cayman Islands domiciled structured finance vehicles and will support the growth of our wider Capital Markets platform.
Paul has gained extensive experience in the provision of legal and corporate services during his tenure at international banks and global financial services providers. He has specialisms in structured and asset finance, trust and corporate administration and project management.
Commenting on his appointment, Paul said "I'm delighted to join Ocorian at a period of sustained growth. It has a clear trajectory and a strong footprint in the capital markets space and its commitment to providing proactive client solutions makes it an attractive proposition to capital markets practitioners. I'm looking forward to helping clients leverage our international footprint to administer structures and transactions across multiple jurisdictions."
Gennie has over 15 years of experience in fiduciary and company administration services. She specialises in a range of asset and structured products, including aircraft and ship financing, structured note issuances, securitisations, CLOs, note programmes and Sharia compliant Islamic finance transactions.
On joining, Gennie commented "I'm very excited to join Ocorian at this point in its journey. It has a truly global scope but its teams have an excellent local knowledge of the jurisdictions they operate in and a real commitment to developing enduring client relationships."
Alan Booth, Global Head of Capital Markets commented "Attracting the best talent in the market along with providing a best-in-class client service offering are key areas of focus for Ocorian."
"Paul and Gennie's deep commercial and practical expertise and understanding of the cross-jurisdictional corporate landscape is a great addition to not only our Americas team, but our wider global Capital Markets outfit. Ocorian is extremely well-positioned to support capital markets transactions and Paul and Gennie's arrivals reinforce our capability to deliver best-in-class management and administration services."
Jason Gerlis, Ocorian's Regional Head of Americas added "We're thrilled to have Paul and Gennie onboard. Their credentials speak for themselves and their appointments underscore our commitment to accelerating growth, attracting market-leading experts and growing new client opportunities in the capital markets. "