ABN Amro has appointed Philippe Bradshaw head of French financial institutions and public sector (Fips) debt capital markets origination, a new role within the bank's financial markets group.

The creation of the new role, which comes after ABN Amro integrated several debt businesses to form a single global financial markets group run by Piero Overmars, marks an attempt by the Dutch bank to boost its profile with Fips borrowers in France.