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UNICREDIT STRENGTHENS CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
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Posted on February 2, 2017
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Published by Gbaf News
Posted on February 2, 2017
6 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
UniCredit today announced that it is further strengthening its Corporate & Investment Banking International Network of foreign branches and representative offices with senior appointments in Asia and in France.
In Asia, Simon Tuttis appointed Singapore Branch Manager, effective 1 February 2017. Mr. Tutt takes over from Albert Kong, who decided to pursue new opportunities outside of the bank. The appointment is subject to the approval of the local regulatory authorities. Amit Roy is appointed Chief Representative, Mumbai, and Constance Au is appointed Head of Asian Multinational Corporates (MNC), South Asia, based in Singapore, with both appointments effective immediately. The executives appointed in Asia report to Michele Amadei, Head of Asia Pacific Region.
In France, Florence Blazyhas joined UniCredit as Senior Banker for the coverage of French large corporate clients of UniCredit Group, including corporates, financial sponsors, and financial institutions, effective immediately. Ms. Blazy will be based in Paris and report to Patrick Soulard, Head of UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking France.
Gianfranco BisagniCo-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at UniCredit, said: “These appointments are part of the further strengthening and fine tuning of the CIB across our international network, with 400 professionals located in 18 countries on four continents. The appointments will enable us to improve our comprehensive services to corporate customers and better serve their international business needs.”
“We continue to selectively increase our focus in geographies where we can further support our European clients accessing international markets and offer access to our Western,
Central and Eastern European network to international corporates and investors,” added Olivier Khayat, Co-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at UniCredit.
UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking’s International Network of branches and representative offices comprises Abu Dhabi, Athens, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Mumbai, New York, Paris, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Tripoli and Zurich.
Biographies
Simon Tuttjoined UniCredit in 2004 and most recently served as Head of European Corporates Asia Pacific Region based in Hong Kong. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Business Studies from Maastricht University.
Amit Roy joined UniCredit from SACE, the Italian Export Credit Agency, where he served as Head of South Asia at SACE, based in Mumbai. He holds a BA in Economics from Delhi University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from ICFAI Business School.
Constance Au joined UniCredit from Deutsche Bank in Singapore where she most recently served as Director and Head of Corporate Banking Coverage Singapore. She holds a BA and an MA in Business Administration from the University of Toledo.
Florence Blazywas previously Senior Banker at Itaú BBA and prior to that Managing Director and Senior Banker in Corporate Coverage at BBVA. She started her career at RBS in Leveraged Finance and in Corporate Coverage. She holds a postgraduate degree in Banking and Financial Law from University Lyon III and a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon Business School.
UniCredit today announced that it is further strengthening its Corporate & Investment Banking International Network of foreign branches and representative offices with senior appointments in Asia and in France.
In Asia, Simon Tuttis appointed Singapore Branch Manager, effective 1 February 2017. Mr. Tutt takes over from Albert Kong, who decided to pursue new opportunities outside of the bank. The appointment is subject to the approval of the local regulatory authorities. Amit Roy is appointed Chief Representative, Mumbai, and Constance Au is appointed Head of Asian Multinational Corporates (MNC), South Asia, based in Singapore, with both appointments effective immediately. The executives appointed in Asia report to Michele Amadei, Head of Asia Pacific Region.
In France, Florence Blazyhas joined UniCredit as Senior Banker for the coverage of French large corporate clients of UniCredit Group, including corporates, financial sponsors, and financial institutions, effective immediately. Ms. Blazy will be based in Paris and report to Patrick Soulard, Head of UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking France.
Gianfranco BisagniCo-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at UniCredit, said: “These appointments are part of the further strengthening and fine tuning of the CIB across our international network, with 400 professionals located in 18 countries on four continents. The appointments will enable us to improve our comprehensive services to corporate customers and better serve their international business needs.”
“We continue to selectively increase our focus in geographies where we can further support our European clients accessing international markets and offer access to our Western,
Central and Eastern European network to international corporates and investors,” added Olivier Khayat, Co-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at UniCredit.
UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking’s International Network of branches and representative offices comprises Abu Dhabi, Athens, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Mumbai, New York, Paris, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Tripoli and Zurich.
Biographies
Simon Tuttjoined UniCredit in 2004 and most recently served as Head of European Corporates Asia Pacific Region based in Hong Kong. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Business Studies from Maastricht University.
Amit Roy joined UniCredit from SACE, the Italian Export Credit Agency, where he served as Head of South Asia at SACE, based in Mumbai. He holds a BA in Economics from Delhi University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from ICFAI Business School.
Constance Au joined UniCredit from Deutsche Bank in Singapore where she most recently served as Director and Head of Corporate Banking Coverage Singapore. She holds a BA and an MA in Business Administration from the University of Toledo.
Florence Blazywas previously Senior Banker at Itaú BBA and prior to that Managing Director and Senior Banker in Corporate Coverage at BBVA. She started her career at RBS in Leveraged Finance and in Corporate Coverage. She holds a postgraduate degree in Banking and Financial Law from University Lyon III and a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon Business School.
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