Natixis appointed a new director of green and sustainable solutions for the firm's Asia Pacific business.

The appointment of Chaoni Huang supports the recent launch of the bank’s green hub as it seeks to become a leader in green and sustainable finance. Prior to joining Natixis, Huang was the head of business development, Asia at S&P Trucost, and before that was a senior environmental, social and governance investment analyst at MSCI in London and Beijing.

She started her career as a project manager at the UNEP Finance Initiative in Geneva, with a focus on engaging with the Chinese financial community on sustainable finance and investment issues.

Based in Hong Kong, she reports globally to Orith Azoulay, global head of green and sustainable solutions, and locally to Raghu Narain, head of investment banking, Asia Pacific, the firm said in a press release.

Chaoni will be an instrumental member of the bank’s newly-formed Green & Sustainable Hub, a global operational hub officially launched by Natixis in September this year.