Credit Suisse First Boston has promoted Don Pollard and Bruce Ling. CSFB officials say the promotions come as Bennett Goodman, who had been global head of leveraged finance, looks to free himself up to assume broader responsibilities within the firm. Goodman, now chairman of merchant banking and leveraged finance, added merchant banking duties to his brief earlier this year. Pollard and Ling had been co-heads of the syndicated loan business. Pollard now assumes sole oversight of syndicated loans. He reports to Doug Ostrover and Tripp Smith, who have become the new global co-heads of the leveraged finance unit. Ling, meanwhile, has become chairman of corporate banking and a member of the investment banking operating committee. He is reporting to Bennett Goodman and working closely with Adebayo Ogunlesi, global head of investment banking.
CSFB Promotes Pollard, Ling