JP Morgan has appointed Edouard Debost as a managing director for its private client advisory business in France, a joint venture between the Wall Street giant’s investment and private banks.

Debost latterly provided investment banking services to clients of Hawkpoint Partners, where he was a managing director and responsible for developing client relationships and executing transactions in France, Benelux and Switzerland. In his prior career he had also been a managing director at Lazard Brothers and an audit manager at Arthur Andersen.

In his new role Debost will be based in Paris, reporting to Bryan Crawford, head of PCA, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

“Edouard possesses a novel mix of aptitude in corporate finance and a vast experience dealing with entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses, that is sure to enhance our PCA offering across the region,” Crawford said in a statement.

In another recent European appointment, at the end of last month JP Morgan Private Bank named Patricia Estany – formerly of the Spanish arm of Lombard Odier – as vice president in Spain, a Barcelona-based role in which she will work with ultra high net worth clients, focusing in particular on those in Catalunya.