The wealth management firm, which operates across a number of jurisdictions, has appointed a CDO.

Indosuez Wealth Management, the global wealth management brand of Crédit Agricole group, has appointed Romain Jérome as chief digital officer. He reports to Jacques Prost, chief executive of Indosuez Wealth Management group. A spokesperson for the firm told this news service that the role is a newly-created one.

The firm said that Jérome’s “mission” is to “develop a forward-looking and proactive digital plan in coordination with third parties and Azqore, Indosuez’s subsidiary specialising in technology outsourcing services and banking transactions for the wealth management sector.”

Jérome began his career at BNP Paribas CIB in 1995 in the Capital Markets Department as a quantitative analyst. In 2000, he became CTO of Banque Directe, BNP Paribas' online bank. He then took over as COO of BNP Paribas CIB’s Prime Brokerage business. Jérome joined Crédit Agricole CIB in 2005 to develop the Prime Fund Services activity. In 2006, he moved to the IT Capital Markets Department to successively manage IT commodity derivatives, then IT equity derivatives in London and Paris. He was made co-head of organisation and transformation in 2010 and he has been director of Digital Transformation & Innovation at Crédit Agricole CIB since 2016.

Late last year this publication spoke to Indosuez Wealth Management in Asia about its work around environmental, social and governance-related investment ideas. Antoine Candiotti, of the firm, also won a lifetime achievement award from WealthBriefingAsia at the firm's recent Greater China Awards programme in Hong Kong.