Natixis Global Asset Management has named Alex Chang as managing director and head of Taiwan, reporting to Kinji Kato, executive managing director and head of Natixis Global Asset Management in Japan.

Chang is responsible for leading all Taiwanese business initiatives across the institutional, wholesale and retail channels. He has more than 15 years of experience in fund sales, distribution and management. He joins from ING Funds Taiwan where he held several roles during his tenure, including head of direct sales division, acting head of banking channel, head of securities house channel and head of life channel and head of marketing.

He replaces Michael Chang who will move to Singapore in October 2014 to take up a senior client service role as director of institutional services for Asia at Loomis Sayles, an affiliate of Natixis Global Asset Management, where he will drive joint growth objectives in Asia-Pacific. M. Chang will stay in Taiwan for a transitional period before joining Loomis Sayles in October.