Natixis CIB is pleased to announce the expansion of its Global Markets leadership team with Thomas Moffat joining as Head of Global Markets Sales, Australia and New Zealand, and Oscar Austin, appointed Head of GSCS Syndicate, Asia Pacific.
Thomas Moffat takes on the role as Head of Global Markets Sales, Australia and New Zealand, effective May 1st. Based in Australia, Moffat reports to Janie Wittey, Senior Country Manager, Australia and Ashish Jain, Head of Global Market Sales, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Moffat will be responsible for the further development of the Australian Global Markets franchise and for deepening relationships within our strategic and targeted institutional clients, as well as ensuring coverage of Global Market flow and solutions. Moffat will play an integral role in allowing us to further build upon our Asia Pacific Global Markets business.
Moffat has 20 years’ financial services experience, across credit and rates sales and global markets.
He joins Natixis CIB from BNP Paribas, where he was most recently Head of Singapore and Australia Credit Sales. Prior to BNP Paribas, Moffat was with UBS Sydney from 2004 to 2016.
Oscar Austin has been appointed Head of GSCS Syndicate, Asia Pacific. Oscar remains based in Sydney, and reports to Janie Wittey and Fabrice Guesde, Head of Credit Markets and Global Structured Credit Solutions, Asia Pacific.
In his new role, Oscar will be working jointly with Global Markets Sales and Loan Syndicate and is responsible for coordinating the distribution of GSCS products (originated in US and Europe) throughout Asia Pacific, with a global responsibility for the distribution of transactions originated in APAC. This will actively contribute to the growth of Natixis CIB’s distribution of securitized and Fund Financing products, leveraging on the Australian franchise, Residential Mortgage Back Securities (RMBS) as well as the global CLO and Fund Financing franchise.
Oscar joined Natixis CIB in 2014 as part of the Global Markets team in Australia, where he initially covered Fixed Income before taking on a role across all Global Market assets.
Moffat will join Oscar and Paul O’Brien to complete the Global Markets leadership team in Australia. Paul was named Head of Credit Markets & GSCS, Australia in 2022. Paul leads the Credit Market and Structured Finance business activities of Natixis CIB in Australia & NZ and reports to Fabrice Guesde, Head of Credit Markets and Global Structured Credit Solutions, Asia Pacific
Commenting on the appointments, Janie Wittey, CEO of Natixis CIB Australia, said: “We are delighted to welcome Tom on board and to see Oscar appointed in this Asia Pacific role, which really speaks to the importance of our Australia franchise in growing the Asia Pacific business. I look forward to seeing Tom and Oscar, together with Paul, take our business to new highs.”
Viet-Linh Ha Thuc, Head of Global Markets, Asia Pacific, Natixis CIB, added: “The combined expertise and experience that Tom, Oscar and Paul bring to their roles will be invaluable as we continue to grow our presence and build sustainable relationships with clients, not only in Australia but across the region.”
