Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has appointed Tapan Vaishnav as head of advisory and financing group for Asia-Pacific, effective August 7 2017.

In his new role, Vaishnav is responsible for managing the acquisition finance and rating advisory team to further develop synergies with SG CIB’s other business divisions, particularly in debt capital markets.

Based in Hong Kong, Vaishnav reports regionally to Stephen Swift, head of global finance for Asia-Pacific, and functionally to Alexandre Huet, global head of advisory and financing group who is based in Paris.