Geneva-based bank Lombard Odier is appointing Edouard de Saint Pierre head of its French unit. He replaces Joëlle Pacteau who will take on a new job within the group, the bank said in an emailed statement Wednesday.

Lombard Odier has doubled the number of people it employs in France over the past five years. De Saint Pierre has worked for Lombard Odier since 2018 after 12 years at UBS. Before that he worked for J.P. Morgan.

At Lombard Odier he held various positions in the office of the operating chief for the private clients business where he led various projects on developing sales activities, operational efficiency and digital transformation.