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Guy Smith has
joined NOMURA as
head of DCM and
acquisition and
leveraged finance in
Asia ex-Japan. Based
in Hong Kong, he
reports to John Goff,
head of global markets
structuring and head
of global finance in
Asia ex-Japan. Smith
joins from ride-hailing
company Grab, where
he was head of
strategic and corporate
finance. He previously
spent 20 years at
Barclays, including as
co-head of debt
origination for Asia-
Pacific. Goff had been
interim head of DCM in
Asia ex-Japan. Private equity firm
TPG CAPITAL has
hired a senior
investment banker
from JP Morgan as it
looks to ramp up deal
activity in Australia.
Jason Mcleod will focus
on deal origination and
report to Australia and
New Zealand head
Joel Thickins. Mcleod
spent the last decadewith JP Morgan, where
he was head of its
Melbourne office. He
also ran financial
sponsors and
industrials coverage at
the US bank. He has
previously worked for
Goldman Sachs,
Citigroup and General
Electric. SAXO BANK has
appointed Damian
Bunce as chief client
officer. He will report to
Kim Fournais, CEO and
founder of the Danish
bank. Bunce joins from
the CIB arm of Russia’s
Sberbank, where he
was head of electronic
markets. He ran the
bank’s domestic retail
brokerage and built itswholesale eFX
business. Previously,
he was head of
European electronic
sales trading and
distribution at Barclays
and worked at
Goldman Sachs for
nine years, in charge of
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