Emmanuel Batail began his career at IXIS Asset Management in 2003 as an intern in the insurance management and CDO department. He developed a Natixis AM proprietary platform dedicated to CDO Portfolio Management. In 2004, Emmanuel was named Structured Credit and CDO Analyst. He worked on CDO monitoring, reporting as well as fundamental and quantitative alerts. In 2009 Emmanuel was named as a Corporate Credit Trader. In 2012, Emmanuel set up the securities lending desk at Natixis Asset Management Finance and is currently head of the team.

Emmanuel Batail holds a research degree from the University of Aston (Birmingham, UK), is a graduate of the Institut d'Informatique d'Entreprise (IIE, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers) and holds an advanced degree in International Finance from the French business school ESC Lille.