Karsenti is one of the best-known figures in the international debt markets as head of the largest European-based borrower. His tenure at the EIB was a successful one during which the supranational built a solid reputation for innovation in the capital markets, in particular in the development of the euro capital market, and managed to shake off the image of a borrower that in the early 1990s raised money at the tightest price and damn the consequences.
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Karsenti’s move heralds the end of a long career in the supranational agency business. Before joining the EIB, he was treasurer of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from its foundation...
