For BNP Paribas and women's tennis, it's a perfect match

Singapore

WHEN Joris Dierckx flew to Singapore in August this year to begin his new role at BNP Paribas, it was a bit of a homecoming of sorts for the 49-year-old Belgium national.

He had lived in Singapore for nearly seven years - from 2001 to the end of 2007 - as a senior executive at Belgian financial institution Fortis, which was later merged into the BNP Paribas Group and became BNP Paribas Fortis.