JPMorgan's Southeast Asia operations picked up its second big scalp in the past month, luring Eugene Lai to the investment bank's Malaysia offices. Following the appointment of Gita Wirjawan as SCO and head of investment banking in Indonesia in August, the bank has announced that Lai will come on board as senior country officer for Malaysia and head of investment banking for Malaysia.
The hiring correlates with JPMorgan's platform of expanding the Malaysia business and leveraging opportunities resulting from the Malaysian governments policy of continued reform and privatisation. Under Lai's jurisdiction, areas of product expansion will include Malaysian DCM, MA and treasury services, among other things.
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