HONG KONG, Sept 11 (Askume) – Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has appointed Raghav Malia, Yoshihiko Yano and Ed Wittig as co-heads of Asia Pacific M&A, responsible for expanding deal coverage in the region, a position it is deepening.
Wittig will join the bank’s Asia team later this year from New York, where he currently serves as global head of industrial M&A and aerospace and defense, the memo said.
Based in Hong Kong, Malia is the bank’s global vice president for investment banking and head of the Asia ex-Japan technology, media and telecommunications group. Malia also leads the bank’s M&A practice in Asia ex-Japan.
Yano is co-head of investment banking and head of Japan M&A at Goldman Sachs.
The three financial sponsors will focus on mergers and acquisitions and help the bank expand its coverage of cross-border transactions, the memorandum said.
A Goldman Sachs spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo.
Yano, who joined Goldman Sachs in 1998, is the longest-serving banker of the three.
Malia and Wittig have been with the bank for 24 and 23 years, respectively.
