Bear Stearns has appointed a new head of European equity sales for France with the intention of building up a new portfolio of institutional clients for the US bank.

Christophe Choquart starts in Paris today. Ian Burn, head of European equity sales, Europe said: "We continually invest in our team to improve the quality of service to our clients. The arrival of Christophe in our new Paris branch reinforces our expertise and experience in European equity sales by offering an ever-improving service to our French client base."