BNP Banker Who Called Colleague a ‘Princess’ Says He Was Joking
- Regis Pecheux says he intended to use the term in friendly way
- Angelina Georgievska is suing bank over discrimination claims
Photographer: Kosuke Okahara/Bloomberg
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A BNP Paribas SA banker who called his female colleague a “princess” said he meant it humorously and in a friendly manner, and he didn’t undervalue her work because she was a woman.
Regis Pecheux, the bank’s head of corporate sales for central and eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, said in a London court Thursday that he’d used the term about his colleague Angelina Georgievska “jokingly.” Pecheux, who was Georgievska’s boss, also referred to her as “choupette.”