Erwin De Groot, who formerly headed corporate sales for ABN Amro in North America, has joined BNP Paribas. He will be based in Amsterdam, as head of FX sales Netherlands, reporting to Ivo Mertens, the bank’s head of corporate FX & derivatives in the Benelux. The bank has also hired Spyros Ginosatis to cover Greek corporates. He will report to Stelios Papadopoulos, the bank’s head of fixed income in Athens. Ginosatis has previously worked at Marfin and Calyon.