BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking has named Stephen Hale as head of hedge fund relationship management Europe, Hedge Week reports. Hale will be responsible for helping the team optimize BNP Paribas’ hedge funds franchise across Europe.

He will report to the head of investor relationship management team in Europe, Stefano Blotto. Previously, Hale had worked with Barclays Capital as head of rates sales for Europe, global head of cross product sales for hedge funds and hedge funds relationship manager.

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