Standard Chartered has hired Samuel Tan as a director of loan syndicate and distribution, based in Singapore.
He started work at the bank on Monday and joins from Nomura, where he was previously a vice president, fixed income syndicate, also based in Singapore.
Tan is filling a newly created position within the loans syndication team and reports to Amit Lakhwani, Standard Chartered's head of loan syndicate distribution for Asia.
Standard Chartered has been active on the loans front in Asia and made a grab for market share after the global financial crisis, when many European lenders withdrew from the region.
But...