Paris-based Amundi has expanded its Hong Kong office with the hire of a senior investment strategist.

Aidan Yao has been appointed as senior investment strategist, Asia within Amundi’s research arm, Amundi Investment Institute, according to a statement, based in Hong Kong.

Yao was most recently working at Long Shine Asset Management in Hong Kong as chief economist, global macro, investment strategy and asset allocation research. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at AXA Investment Mangers as senior emerging Asia economist of global macro research. Previously, he also worked at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.