Euroclear today announced the appointment of Philippe Laurensy as CEO of Euroclear’s Asia Pacific markets.

In this role, he will be responsible for designing and implementing the company’s Asian strategy with the objective of seising new growth opportunities in the region. Mr Laurensy started the new role from mid-September and reports to Euroclear’s CEO Valérie Urbain.

Mr Laurensy has over 35 years of experience at Euroclear, most recently as Head of Product, Strategy & Innovation for the Euroclear group. He has previously led Euroclear’s Commercial division, overseeing sales, marketing and relationships with customers across the group.

Also today, Euroclear announced that Isabelle Delorme will be promoted to Head of Product Strategy & Innovation, succeeding Philippe Laurensy in this role.

Since joining Euroclear in April 2019 as Chief Business Officer of Euroclear ESES, Ms Delorme has also championed key initiatives with Strategy, Product Development, Innovation and Commercial dimensions. Among her notable projects are the launch of the new shareholder identification product, Central Bank Digital Currency initiative and the recent launch of the link with South Korea making government debt Euroclearable.

Isabelle Delorme will report to Euroclear’s new Chief Business Officer, Sébastien Danloy.