Hall of Fame

Véronique Sabbah has over 20 years of experience in Investment Solutions and Derivatives in Europe. She is currently Head of Equity Derivatives Sales for EMEA at HSBC, having joined the bank in September 2024. Since then, HSBC has significantly expanded its Equity Derivatives franchise across EMEA and has been shortlisted for the “Rising Issuer” Award by SP Intelligence Europe in 2026.

Before joining HSBC, Véronique spent 18 years at Société Générale, where she held various management roles across Europe on both the Sales and Structuring sides.

Over more than two decades, she has been a key player in the development of the derivatives markets across
EMEA, in Benelux, the UK, and France.

Véronique began her career in 2002 at Crédit Lyonnais in Paris and later moved to New York to join the Structuring team at Calyon.

Yann Garnier is the current Global Head of Sales & Research, Global Markets, at Société Générale. Yann has over 20 years of experience in Investment Solutions & Derivatives in Europe & Asia. Prior to his current role Yann was Head of Global Markets Asia-Pacific for Société Générale from 2016 to 2018. During his career Yann held several management positions in the Structured Products and Equity Derivatives fields, notably as Head of CEEMEA Sales in 2006, Head of Sales for Cross Asset Solutions for Asia Pacific from 2009 to 2015 and Head of Global Markets sales Asia Pacific in 2015. Yann graduated from EDHEC Business School, and holds a master’s degree in business law from Paris X University.

Julien Lascar is the Global Head of EQD Institutional and Distribution Sales at BNP Paribas.

Julien has over 20 years of experience in the financial markets and derivatives products. He joined BNP Paribas in December 2022 as Global Head for EQD Institutional and Distribution Sales. Prior to that, Julien spent 19 years at Société Générale where he held several management positions across the Americas, Asia, and EMEA, notably as Head of Global Markets Sales for Europe excluding France from 2018 to 2020 and Global Head of Equities and Equity Derivatives Sales from 2020 to 2022.

Julien holds a French law degree and a Master's degree in Finance and Economics from HEC and ESCP-EAP Business School.

Brandon leads the Structured Investments (“SIDM”) business for the Americas at J.P. Morgan. Housed within the Markets business of J.P. Morgan’s Commercial and Investment Bank (“C&IB”), the SIDM team delivers the Firm’s content (derivatives, investable indices) across wealth management client segments including Private Banks, Wirehouses, Broker-Dealers and Registered Investment Advisors, with the primary business being the issuance and sale of cross-asset structured notes and Certificates of Deposit, as well as OTC derivative solutions. The team also provides coverage and support to the Firm’s insurance carrier clients who offer J.P. Morgan investible indices via their various policies. In addition to his regional responsibilities, Brandon is a member of the Global Equity Derivatives and SIDM Management Team as well as the C&IB Global ESG Committee. Brandon joined the Firm in 2006 after graduating from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Economics.

Tom Layton is the Senior Vice President of Product Management within Raymond James Global Wealth Solutions. During his 21-year career at Raymond James, he has overseen product management for a variety of investment solutions. He is currently responsible for the firm’s structured investments (market-linked notes and market-linked CDs) platform as well as OTC hedging solutions. His team is responsible for advisor education, sales/consulting, product research/origination, and platform experience. Tom is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he earned a B.S./B.A. in finance with honors. He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.

Tom and his wife Lauren both grew up in Tampa, FL and currently live there with their two boys Dominic (12) and Julian(11).

Mark has been with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management for 29 years, starting his career in 1994 in fixed-income servicing wealth management. Mark has been working with the Structured Investments team since 2006 serving several roles focused on both sales and product and platform initiatives. In his current role, his responsibilities include product origination for both domestic and offshore issuance as well as the evolution of the Structured Notes platform, addressing the changing needs of the business through product and platform enhancements. He is responsible for managing the relationships with external partners including the issuing banks.

Mark is a graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio where he received his B.A. in History. He proudly serves on the board of The Charlie Landers Foundation, which was created in honor of his son, with a mission to raise awareness, provide support to pediatric and young adult patients and fund research to find a lasting cure for Ewing’s Sarcoma.

Eric founded UBS Global Wealth Management (GWM) America’s Structured Solutions business in June 2006. He currently leads UBS GWM Americas and UBS Investment Bank (IB) Global Markets Americas’ cross-divisional collaboration teams responsible for the product development, origination, distribution, secondary trading, and OTC equity derivatives functions for GWM Americas and IB’s third-party distribution clients. Eric has also led UBS GWM America’s listed options, futures, exchange-traded products, closed-end funds, and unit investment trust businesses. In addition, Eric serves on several of the firm’s executive management, operational and product risk, distribution, and commitment committees. Eric also serves on the board of Luma Financial Technologies, LLC.

Prior to working at UBS, Eric held several positions of responsibility. He was the Managing Director, and Head of Product Development in the US Equity Derivatives group at Citigroup’s Corporate and Investment Banking Division; Managing Director, and Head of the Structured Products and the Over-the-Counter Derivatives groups at Wachovia Securities; Senior Vice President, and Head of Equity and Fund-linked Structured Products and the Single Stock Risk Management groups at Lehman Brothers; and he started his career in equity derivatives structuring and marketing at Merrill Lynch, where he was a Director in the Global Equity Linked Products Group.

Eric holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. He completed his Master’s thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the mentorship of his father. Members of the Hall of Fame have a demonstrated history of career achievement, sustained commitment to the advancement of the profession, and significant contributions, as well as conduct themselves with professionalism among their peers.