CREDIT Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Credit Agricole CIB) has appointed Atul Sodhi as global head of debt capital markets (DCM) corporates.

Sodhi has been with Credit Agricole CIB since 1997. He has a strong expertise in corporate banking, client coverage and debt origination gained over 25 years working experience.

Prior to this role, he was Credit Agricole CIB head of DOA (debt origination and advisory) in Asia. Sodhi will relocate to Paris as part of his new responsibilities, and will report globally to Sebastien Domanico, global head of DCM and locally to Pierre Gay, head of global markets europe.

“Over the past few years, Atul successfully established a strong DCM franchise in Asia by leveraging on a solution driven model and integrating expertise across the bank. His knowledge of the bank and long experience with coverage and other relevant business lines will help further develop our DCM global corporate footprint,” says Sebastien Domanico, global head of DCM at the bank.