The Swiss bank has appointed a new Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage to its investment banking and capital markets division based in Hong Kong.

finews.asia reported recently that Credit Suisse had hired several senior bankers to its China based Investment Banking and Capital Markets teams. North Asia is a strategically important geographical region for the bank.

Now the bank has announced that Patrick No (pictured) has taken up a new role of Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage in the investment banking and capital markets (IBCM) division for Asia Pacific.

Patrick No 507

In the new role, based in Hong Kong, Patrick No will report to Mervyn Chow and Edwin Low.

No was previously with J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong where he was latterly the Executive Director Investment Banking - Financial Sponsors Group (Emerging Asia) and was responsible for covering the leading International and Pan-Asia Private Equity firms in Asia. He had been with J.P. Morgan since 2006, prior to that role he worked in Australia with National Australia Bank and UBS.