Pierre Matuszewski is appointed chief country officer for Société Générale corporate & investment banking in Canada, effective Jan. 1, the European financial services group said Tuesday.

As chief country officer, Matuszewski will assume responsibility for the management of the bank’s operations in Canada. He will be based in Montreal and report to Diony Lebot, CEO for the Americas.

Matuszewski succeeds Edouard-Malo Henry, whose leaves for a new position within the Société Générale Group.

Matuszewski has close to 30 years of investment banking experience in Canada, having spent the last 11 years with Société Générale where he has been involved in a large number of domestic and cross-border equity and debt transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions and financial advisory transactions. Matuszewski joined Société Générale in February 1997 as head of mergers and acquisitions in Canada after a career at several leading Canadian investment banks.

He holds an M.B.A. from McGill University as well as a B.A. in Economics from Laval University in Canada.

Société Générale is one of the largest financial services groups in Europe.