Jerome Peraud Promoted at ABN AMRO

Late last week, ABN AMRO promoted Jerome Peraud to CIO of its North America business unit. He most recently served as group senior vice president of global securities and trust srevices at LaSalle Bank, an

indirect subsidiary of ABN AMRO.

Peraud has worked for the Netherlands-based financial services company since 1996, when he joined it in Paris as head of operations for custody services. Five years later, he moved over to its private clients and new growth markets business unit, where he led the global implementation of a new IT platform. Also in 2001, he joined ABN AMRO Luxembourg where he oversaw the finance, operations, risk and IT functions as its country administrative officer. In 2003, he joined LaSalle Bank.