Jean Peyrelevade, the former chairman of Crédit Lyonnais, who left the bank last year as it merged with Crédit Agricole, has joined French investment banking boutique Toulouse & Associés.
Peyrelevade has joined the bank, which is run by Jean-Baptiste Toulouse, as a senior advisor. The bank is in the process of hiring a raft of senior bankers and currently has a team of about 12.