Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has announced the appointment of two executives in its Asia Pacific credit unit.
William Xiong has been named head of loan syndicate, APAC at Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), according to a statement.
Based in Singapore, Xiong reports to APAC head of distribution & portfolio management Arnaud Francillon; APAC head of credit market and global structured credit and solutions Fabrice Guesde; and head of global credit syndicate Chris Lovgren. Locally, he reports to Sanjeev Kumar, Singapore senior country manager as well as head of South East and South Asia.
Xiong has over 14 years of APAC banking experience with a focus on loan syndication. Prior to joining Natixis CIB in the loan syndication team in 2017, he was working in related roles at BNP Paribas in Sydney and Singapore.
Private Credit Sales
In addition, Natixis CIB also appoints Gregoire Bielle as head of private credit sales, APAC. Based in Singapore, he reports to Francillon; APAC head of sales and financial engineering Eric Elbaz; global head of private credit sales Victoria Goodenough; and, locally, to Kumar.
Bielle has more than 14 years of financial experience in London and Singapore. Prior to joining Natixis CIB in December 2022, he worked at Standard Chartered in several private debt and structured credit roles.
