Bank of America Merrill Lynch has poached Charles Alexander from Standard Chartered as head of corporate banking coverage for Asia-Pacific. In an internal memo seen by FinanceAsia, BoA Merrill announced Alexander will come on board in June, presumably after serving his gardening leave.
He will report globally to Joel Van Dusen, deputy head of global corporate banking, and regionally to Brian Brille, president of Asia-Pacific.
For the past two years, Alexander has worked at Standard Chartered where he was regional head of origination and client coverage for Northeast Asia, reporting to Vis Shankar. Shankar is group head of origination and client coverage, and chairman of principal finance and private banking. A Standard...