Paris-based Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has hired a former Bank of America executive for its equity derivatives business in Hong Kong.

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Arnaud Davoust as head of equity derivatives sales & structuring, Asia Pacific, according to a statement. Based in Hong Kong, he will report to APAC head of sales & structuring Eric Elbaz as well as global head of equity structuring Guillaume Calvino.

Davoust was most recently working at Bank of America in Singapore where he was head of equity derivatives sales and structuring for APAC as well as head of equities for Southeast Asia. Previously, he worked at Société Générale Corporate Investment Bank for 13 years in Tokyo, New York and France.