BNP Paribas corporate and investment banking has announced the appointment of Giulio Baratta as head of debt capital markets, CEEMEA. In addition to his current position as head of debt capital markets for corporates, Italy and Greece, he will be responsible for coordinating primary markets activities and teams across Russia/CIS, CEE, the Middle East and Africa. Baratta, who will be based in London, joined BNP Paribas in 2005 from Citi.