BNP Paribas has hired Paul Yang as its regional head for Greater China to increase opportunities as the country opens up its financial markets, effective 1 September 2014.
Additionally, Yang has been appointed as country head for China, replacing Laurent Couraudon, to boost business growth in the greater China region.
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Based in Hong Kong, Yang will report to Eric Raynaud, chief executive officer of BNP Paribas Asia Pacific.
Yang will assume his new role in addition to his current responsibilities as head of country for Hong Kong and chief executive of BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch.
Yang, who joined BNP Paribas in Paris in 1988, held several senior roles in France and in Asia over the years, including head of country for Taiwan from 2001 to 2004. He was named as head of country for Hong Kong and chief executive of BNP Paribas’ Hong Kong Branch in 2011.
Raynaud said: "As the China market continues to open up and becomes increasingly important to the global economy, we’ve decided to create a new role to look after the Greater China region which is a crucial market in our Asia Pacific development plan."
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