BNP Paribas, the French bank aiming to build a UK corporate broking business this year, has secured the services of two senior bankers from Credit Suisse to head the new unit.

Lewis Burnett, who was named head of UK corporate broking at Credit Suisse only in March, and his colleague Andrew Forrester, have both joined BNP as co-heads of UK corporate broking, according to an internal memo seen by Financial News.