Maud Minuit was named head of fixed income at La Francaise, said a spokesman for the firm.
The spokesman said La Francaise does not want to communicate whom she replaced.
Ms. Minuit is based in Paris in the fixed income and cross-asset division. Fixed income represents close to €9 billion ($10.5 billion) of the firm's €64 billion in total assets under management.
She supervises a team of managers and is responsible for money market, fixed income, total return bond and inflation-linked money management.
She was head of fixed income and foreign exchange at Groupama Asset Management, said a news release. Spokesmen for Groupama could not be reached for comment by press time.