Lyxor Asset Management has appointed Véronique Parizet as head of sales for French and German-speaking Europe.

Based in Paris and reporting to Christophe Baurand, global head of sales and marketing, Parizet is responsible for developing business with all of Lyxor’s clients throughout France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Lyxor said the appointment of Parizet and her team will reinforce the firm's position in those countries, including across its exchange-traded funds and indexing, alternative investments, multi-asset and structured investments product range.

Meanwhile, as part of the wider reorganisation of the sales and marketing team, the firm has named Frédéric Bordas as head of sales, asset management for France, while Julien Martin has been appointed as head of sales, asset management for Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco.

Bordas, Martin and their respective teams are all based in Paris and report to Parizet.

Going forward, Oliver Stahlkopf - head of sales, asset management for Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland - and his team will be based in Frankfurt and report to Parizet.

In addition, Lyxor said that all the ETF sales teams covering the aforementioned countries will also be working under Parizet’s supervision.