John Gallo is Head of Global Markets Americas and Global Head of Sales for BNP Paribas in New York City, where he drives commercial and products strategies across Global Markets America (GMA) in addition to the institutional client strategy globally. He also serves on the CIB Americas Board, and the Global Markets Executive Committee.John has worked in the financial industry for more than 25 years and is a leading expert in such areas as stocks, bonds, capital formation, hedge funds and asset management. Prior to his current role, John Gallo held executive positions at Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers. He was the Head of Institutional Client Group at Deutsche Bank from 2015-17, where he led fixed-income for the Americas. While at Citigroup from 2008-15, he was Head of Investor Sales for Global Markets in North America.John Gallo began his finance career in the early 90s, in the back office at Lehman Brothers. Over the course of his 15 years there he became the youngest managing director in the firm’s history and rose to the position of Global Head of Liquid Markets where he specialized in such asset classes as interest rates, commodities and FX. At various times he also served as Head of the Risk Solutions Group and Head of Global Rates and FX Sales, and served on the firm’s management committee.John has also served on the boards of numerous companies, including Clickpay, Adjuvance Technologies, AMN, Inc. and Hourglass. He also sits on the executive committee and the board of The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine in New York City, while also chairing the school’s finance committee. John Gallo holds a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University with a double major in math and economics.