Natalie Yacoubian

 

Vice President of the Management Board, CIB Banking Area

Natalie has 26 years of international investment banking experience spanning Europe, Middle East and Asia servicing large international institutional and corporate clients within the Corporate & Institutional (CIB) division.

Natalie joined BNP Paribas in 1999 as an EMEA Relationship Manager in the Structured Finance team of CIB, focusing on clients across the value chain in the energy and commodities sector. She has worked in several senior roles across the globe including as Head of Upstream Oil & Gas within the Investment Banking division based in Singapore covering the Asia Pacific Region, and subsequently was a member of the Executive & Management Committee and a Managing Director of the CIB Consulting & Transformation team in Paris working on CIB’s global strategy including transformation, digitalisation, business development and organisational optimisation. Previously to moving to Poland, Natalie was CEO & Head of Territory of BNP Paribas Qatar since 2022 and was responsible for managing the bank’s business & operations ensuring regulatory compliance, and representing the bank's interests before local authorities and regulators.

Natalie is a graduate of the University of Durham in the UK, with a postgraduate diploma from the College of Law in London and an Executive education from Central Supelec in Paris in the field of Project Management, Innovation & Transformation. She is also an executive coach certified by Meyler Campbell in London, UK. (Institute of Coaching accredited by the Association for Coaching - AC) & has obtained several certifications in the ESG space from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Columbia Business School & Imperial College.

Natalie is a member of the Conseillers du Commerce Exterieure de la France (CCEF) and was on the Board of Directors of the French Chamber of Commerce in Qatar.

Ms Natalie Yacoubian meets the requirements of Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act dated 29 August 1997 (as amended).