The Australia-headquartered bank has added a senior Asia rates strategist, hiring from the French bank.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, the Melbourne, Australia-headquartered lender, has appointed Jennifer Kusuma as senior Asia rates strategist, reporting to Khoon Goh, ANZ’s head of Asia research.

Kusuma previously worked at BNP Paribas, the Paris-listed banking group, where she was a strategist covering foreign exchange and interest rates, with a focus on currency and fixed income on Southeast Asian markets. Prior to that, she was Asian rates strategist at Standard Chartered Bank, covering Asia ex-Japan, a statement from ANZ said.

In her new role, she will provide analysis and insights on fixed income markets within Asian markets as well as formulating strategies and executable trade ideas, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. She is based in Singapore.