Stoehr leaves StanChart

Carsten Stoehr, Standard Chartered’s global head of financial markets sales, has left the bank for another unnamed financial institution in Hong Kong, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Stoehr left the bank on Monday and has been placed on gardening leave for a six-month period while StanChart sound out a successor, which is expected to be announced in the coming days, the source said. 

A spokesman for StanChart did not respond to immediate requests for comment. 

The half-Japanese, half-German banker was one of StanChart’s most experienced fixed income executives. He joined the UK-based...