When fund manager Waystone announced the opening of its Paris office in February to serve French clients, it was the latest in a string of moves by the firm to rejig the way its global operations run. Coupled with the new beachhead in Paris, the firm also announced new country heads in Singapore and Hong Kong. As James Allis, country head for Ireland, explained to The Currency, the reorganisation with a focus on particular regions has been in gestation over the last year and a half. “We started this off about November 2023, where we created country heads for each…