Societe Generale Hires Petcu for Health-Care Investment Banking

Societe Generale SA hired a former HSBC Holdings Plc banker to work on health-care mergers and acquisitions and bolster its US investment banking presence.

Gabriel Petcu, a managing director, will focus on originating and executing health-care sector M&A deals and will report to the bank’s Americas head of investment banking, Krzysztof Walenczak, according to a person familiar with the matter. Petcu started Monday and is based in New York, the person said.