Ms Paulus will be responsible for driving the investment banking strategy for UK clients and overseeing the UK coverage & investment banking teams. She will be based in London and will report to Thierry Aulagnon, head of client coverage and investment banking and Ian Fisher, group country head for the UK.
Ms Paulus comes from RBS where she was head of energy and resources, EMEA. She has also worked in senior roles for ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank and Citibank in the US, UK and Australia.
Andrew Nason is named as senior banker and head of the UK Financial Institutions Group (FIG). His appointment will strengthen client coverage, in particular in the financial institutions sector. He will be based in London and report to Ms Paulus. Previously, he was managing director of FIG UK for Lazard.
The appointments are part of its plan to strengthen senior bankers and M&A specialist teams, to develop its investment banking activities on a global basis.