Westpac hires Asia corporate banking head

Westpac Institutional Bank, the corporate banking division of Australia’s third largest bank, has made a series of senior executive appointments in Asia, including the hiring of David Koh from J.P. Morgan’s treasury and securities services.

Koh will be based in Singapore and carry the title of head of corporate and institutional banking in Asia. He will report to the bank’s Asia general manager Bala Swaminathan, as well as the general manager of corporate and institutional banking Andrew McDonald.

At the same time, Westpac has hired two other senior executives from Deutsche Bank Paul Gardner who becomes Westpac’s global head of its structured commodity finance business...