Hong Kong (Reuters) – According to a memo seen by Reuters, JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) hired Kelvin Goh from Citigroup (NYSE:C) to be its head of financial institutions group (FIG) for Asia Pacific. Goh came from Citigroup, which is a competitor of JPMorgan.
A JPMorgan spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo, which said that Goh had the same job at Citigroup and had been in the investment banking business for 18 years.
He will work out of Singapore and report to Paul Uren, who is the head of investment banking for Asia Pacific at JPMorgan.
In addition to being hired, Michael Melly will become head of Southeast Asia FIG. He will also continue to be head of market infrastructure and asset management banking in Asia Pacific.
Tony A memo said that he was put in charge of China FIG and that he had been working for the bank since 2013.
