Managing director and Asia Pacific head of rates sales, Alister Moss, left the bank last Friday. He had been head of DCM sales since 2006, when he moved roles from his position as head of syndicate for Asia at the bank.
He moved to Hong Kong with Credit Suisse to head up debt syndicate in 2002, and has been working for the bank since 1995.
The news follows swiftly after a big shake-up at the bank that saw the departures of Fawzi Kyriakos-Saad and Osama Abbasi, its EMEA and Asia Pacific CEO’s, as reported by Asiamoney PLUS’s sister publication EuroWeek.
Eric Varvel, who joined the bank in 1990, will become CEO of Asia Pacific and Gael de Boissard will become the CEO of EMEA. Varvel has much experience in Asia, having been based out of Tokyo, Jakarta and Singapore, and worked in the region for Credit Suisse for 15 years.
His roles have included head of investment banking and emerging markets coverage as well as head of fixed income sales and corporate derivative sales.Also in Asia, Vik Malhotra was named head of the investment banking department for Apac on November 20. He has been co-head of the business since 2009.
A spokesperson for Credit Suisse declined to comment on the departure.