Natixis, which has more than 16,000 employees, is the international corporate, asset management, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Natixis is listed on the Paris stock exchange.

France-headquartered Natixis Global Asset Management has appointed Oliver Bilal as head of international sales and marketing, overseeing all related distribution and institutional activities across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

Bilal joins from UBS Asset Management, where he was head of EMEA.

At Natixis, Bilal will serve on the Executive Committee and Strategic Committee.

Natixis has also made a raft of other appointments. 

Beverly Bearden, former executive vice president of global human resources, has been appointed deputy chief executive, reporting to Jean Raby, the firm’s chief executive. In September, Fabrice Chemouny, former executive vice president of international institutional sales, will become head of Asia-Pacific, overseeing business development in the region. He will report to both Bilal and Raby.

Chris Jackson, former International deputy chief operating officer at Natixis, is now chief international operations officer. In his new role, he oversees legal, compliance, finance, product and strategy functions. Cyril Marie, former head of strategy and corporate development at Natixis, has assumed the role of deputy chief financial officer, reporting to CFO Geoffroy Sartorius and Raby.

“These appointments reinforce our core strengths as we continue to develop our multi-affiliate model and expand both our investment and distribution capabilities around the globe,” said Raby.

He continued: “We remain committed to true active management, to our proprietary business model, and to developing highly differentiated, high value solutions that go beyond products and leverage the specialised investment capabilities of our affiliated investment managers.”