HSBC Holdings Plc has hired Alex Hong from Evercore Inc. to lead the bank’s dealmaking efforts in Singapore.
Hong, who has been at Evercore for almost a decade, is set to join HSBC in September, a spokesperson for the UK lender confirmed in response to a Bloomberg News query. He will report to Sandeep Pahwa, head of investment banking for South and Southeast Asia.
A representative for Evercore didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Before joining Evercore, Hong was with Greenhill & Co. in Australia, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also taught accounting and finance at the University of Western Australia for a year.
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