SG Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of France's Société Générale, is bolstering its Paris corporate broking operation and has hired Bruno Chekroun to lead it. He joins the bank from Exane, the French broking firm.

Chekroun spent a year at Exane before leaving two months ago for SG. He previously worked for BNP Paribas where he was in charge of French institutional sales.