James Roth, the former regional head of technology, media and telecommunications TMT at UBS, has resurfaced at Deutsche Bank following a six-month sabbatical after which he never returned to his former employer.
Roth is taking on a newly created role as head of Asia general industries, which is surprising, not just because of his limited experience in that area, but because the investment banking industry in Asia is generally moving in the direction of putting more individual focus on the various industries that make up general industries commonly referred to as GIG. To introduce a new management level at the top -- all the GIG sector heads in the region will report to...