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SCMP Reporter

Lehman Brothers has hired 11 executives in Hong Kong, including three mainlanders, as part of the United States bank's worldwide push into the more lucrative business of investment banking.

 The recruitment drive represents a substantial net addition to Lehman's investment banking presence in the region. All the positions were newly created, spokesman Gerry Kay said.

 The firm has hired bankers to cover Hong Kong, China, Thailand and the Philippines; sector specialists in project finance and telecommunications and product specialists in equity capital markets and high-yield debt.

 Sam Gu, formerly of Credit Suisse First Boston's banking team in Beijing, has been appointed as Lehman's chief Beijing representative. He will be joined by Yan Wei, who has resigned from his position at Moody's Investors Service in New York to work as a credit adviser with Lehman's in Hong Kong.

 In Thailand, Kittivalai Charoensombut-Amorn joined Lehman as a senior vice-president from Finance One, where she was head of the financial markets division.

 Hong Kong investment banking will be headed by Lincoln Leung, formerly of Schroders Asia.

 Ken Saizon joined from J.P. Morgan to serve as country coverage banker for the Philippines.

 The firm has also expanded its project finance and power group with the hire of another mainlander, Yan Suzher from J.P. Morgan.

 Mr Yan will develop Lehman's Greater China project finance business. He will be joined by former colleague Tim Leisner.

 Mr Leisner worked with J.P. Morgan in London, where he led advisory mandates in the mergers and acquisitions group.

 Will Bowmer jumped to Lehman's equity capital markets desk in Hong Kong from Union Bank of Switzerland, where he was director of capital markets.

 Alison Chan, who specialises in high-yield bond origination, has joined Lehman's debt capital markets group from Chase Manhattan Bank.

 Lehman's media and telecommunication group added Singapore-based Steve Bonebrake, who joins from BZW Asia.

 Isabella Delahoussaye, from law firm White & Case, joins the investment banking division as vice-president.



Lehman hires 11 with drive towards investment banking