Mizuho hires Asia fixed-income sales head

Mizuho has hired Scott Paul to head the pan-Asian fixed-income sales team within its securities business.

Paul will be based in Hong Kong and joins the Japanese bank from Credit Agricole, where he was head of sales for Asia. He will report locally into Seiichiro Miyaoka, head of the Asian securities business, and globally into Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Mizuho’s global head of pan-Asian fixed income.

“Mizuho aims to be the top financial group in Asia, and becoming one of the top houses in the Asian bond markets is an important part of this strategy,” said Miyaoka, who added that Paul would focus on building relationships, both with clients...