Goudge to head HSBC Asia-Pac debt syndicate

HSBC has named Carla Goudge to replace Matthias Knobloch as head of debt syndicate for the Asia-Pacific region, according to an internal bank memo seen by FinanceAsia.

Knobloch will leave HSBC for a career break, said the memo, which was electronically co-signed by Adam Bothamley, the bank's global head of debt syndicate, and Alexi Chan and Jean-Marc Mercier, global co-heads of debt capital markets.

Goudge, who has also worked in Geneva and London since joining HSBC in 2003, will continue to be based in Hong Kong once she assumes her new position on August 1. She will report functionally to Bothamley and locally to...