Crédit Agricole CIB has appointed Franck Dargent as head of global markets Asia-Pacific, continuing the bank’s build out of its regional operations after scaling back investments post-financial crisis.
Based in Hong Kong, Dargent will be responsible for the overall business development and strategy of the global markets division’s activities in Asia-Pacific. He will report globally to Thomas Gadenne, head of global markets, and locally to Marc-André Poirier, senior regional officer for Asia-Pacific.
The global markets division handles all the sales and trading activities of standard and structured market products for corporate, financial institution and large issuers.
“Asia is a strategic region for Crédit Agricole...