SocGen appoints Apac head of sustainable and optimistic impression finance

France-headquartered Société Générale (ScoGen) has introduced Paul-Antoine Thiebot because the financial institution’s head of sustainable and optimistic impression Finance for Asia Pacific (Apac), based mostly in Singapore and efficient instantly.

Thiebot (pictured), who most not too long ago held the position of director of vitality transition and sustainable Finance throughout the financial institution, is changing Yasmine Djeddai, who has taken on a brand new position of managing director, credit score danger wholesale, based mostly in Hong Kong.

Thiebot will spearhead the financial institution’s regional mandate of the sustainable and optimistic impression Finance group in Apac, in line with a March 27 press launch. Key obligations embody supporting origination and structuring of sustainable Finance merchandise; making certain companies’ alignment with SocGen’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets; and scaling up impact-based options while selling advisory companies to help the financial institution’s shoppers.

In his new position, Thiebot experiences domestically to Eliza Ng, SocGen’s head of world banking and advisory for Southeast Asia, regionally to Stephanie Clement de Givry, SocGen’s head of world banking and advisory for Apac, and functionally to Eric Bonnin, SocGen’s world head of sustainable and optimistic impression Finance options.

“Paul-Antoine is ready to leverage his wealth of expertise and experience in sustainable Finance and advisory to lift consciousness and share insights on the newest ESG developments each internally and externally,” the discharge famous.

“Other than nurturing a tradition of sustainability throughout the financial institution, he’ll take an energetic position to foster collaborative initiatives throughout the business to drive collective motion in direction of sustainable practices,” IT continued.

Thiebot has been with SocGen since 2007, first becoming a member of the vitality mission Finance staff in Hong Kong and relocating to London in 2015 as vp, pure assets and vitality mission Finance, the place he strengthened the financial institution’s place within the offshore wind sector. He moved to Singapore final 12 months.

He has performed main roles on quite a few advisory and arranging mandates for oil and fuel and renewable tasks throughout Apac and the EMEA (Europe, the Center East and Africa) area, in line with his biography.

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