Company hires and sector developments

Bank bulks out commodities unit

Credit Agricole has hired Aude Sauty de Chalon as director, structured commodity finance, EMEA. She was previously deputy head of commodity and structured finance at ICBC, London. The firm has also hired Badia Taleb-Nehlil as ed, structured commodity finance at the same bank and both hires are based in London.

Verification agent expands

PCS has hired Martina Spaeth as a senior analyst to work on STS verifications. Martina joins PCS from FMS Wertmanagement AoR in Munich which she joined from Unicredit’s German and Austrian securitisation business.