As 2026 begins, SRP looks back at last year’s most relevant people moves in the industry.

Natixis Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking appointed Romain Benvenuto  ( right ) as executive director, head of equity structuring, Americas, with a reporting line to Guillaume Calvino , global head of equity structuring in Paris. In a newly created role, Benvenuto’s mandate is to increase the French bank’s equity derivatives hedging capabilities. His counterpart for Asia Pacific is Walid Gueriri who joined Natixis in 2020 based in Hong Kong SAR. Benvenuto was most r