People: Hearn, Berman and Kennedy head for the exit

“It’s the right time to go for me. I was going to go a year ago. It’s been 25 years and I’m 50 years old. Time for new blood to fight the new fight!” says Paul Hearn on announcing his retirement from BNP Paribas in January.

Hearn is retiring as co-head of marketing – a role that incorporated the distribution and origination of all credit, rates and FX products. He joined the French bank in 2000 as head of investment-grade credit, a role he held for five years before taking on the job he had until last month working alongside marketing co-head David Brunner.

Frédéric Janbon, global head of fixed income, will take on Hearn’s duties until a replacement is found. Hearn told Euromoney that he had always promised himself that he’d retire from the business at 50.

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