Goldman Sachs appoints new co-heads of investment banking

Goldman Sachs announced internally yesterday that Matthew Westerman would join Dan Dees to become co-head of the investment banking division in Asia-Pacific ex-Japan.

Westerman, who is moving from London, will join Dees on the not-so-auspicious date of April 1. Despite the foolish start date, Westerman is described as a real “client-facing banker” and “an ECM heavy hitter”.

Dees is already out here and well respected in the region he will assume his new role immediately. Most recently, Dees served as head of the financing group in Asia-Pacific and chairman of the financing group in Japan. Although Goldman Sachs never likes to tout any one banker over another,...