Deutsche Bank bolsters its investment banking business with three new additions in its Asia Pacific unit.

Deutsche Bank has hired three new investment bankers in Asia Pacific, according to a «Bloomberg» report citing an internal memo.

«Following a very strong start to the year for our origination and advisory business in APAC, we are pleased to announce these new hires to bolster our coverage across China and Australia, two of our most active markets in the region,» said APAC head of investment banking coverage and advisory Mayooran Elalingam.

IB Hires

The German lender hired Zonia Lau as its Hong Kong-based head of healthcare coverage for China. Lau was most recently a Shanghai-based director for pharmaceuticals coverage at private equity firm CBC Group. Previously, Lau worked at Nomura, Citi and Bank of America across Hong Kong, London and New York.

Ex-AMTD head of global markets Tim Fang joins Deutsche Bank as a director for China coverage. Fang previously also spent around 11 years with UBS.

And down under, David Hopwood rejoins Deutsche Bank as the Australia head of natural resources group. He was most recently a BofA investment banker focused on natural resources and was perilously a Deutsche Bank associate from 2010 to 2013.