Sambor joins from the Institute of International Finance, where he was Asia-Pacific regional director and chief executive of IIF APAC, based in Singapore, advising central banks, government policymakers, supranational organisations, asset managers and regulators. Before that, he was managing director and head of global emerging and frontier fixed income at Everest Capital.

Based in London, he will report to L Bryan Carter, the firm's head of emerging market fixed income.

He will support Carter in the management of all portfolios and the development and implementation of the investment process, as well as contributing to emerging market fixed income asset allocation decisions for all benchmarked and absolute return global multi-sector portfolios. He will also be involved in the promotion of existing funds and mandates and the innovation of new products.

“Investors increasingly view the asset class as attractive again and JC’s considerable experience gained within a range of organisations will enable us to further broaden our research capability and differentiate our investment offering,” said Carter.

BNPP IP’s nine-strong emerging market fixed income team manages assets totalling $1.2 billion across a range of mutual funds and segregated client accounts.