Credit Suisse has appointed Jose Olympio Pereira as president.
Olympio Pereira is responsible for the areas of investment banking, private banking and assets management. He replaces Antonio Quintella, who has been appointed as chairman of the board of Credit Suisse Hedging Griffo.
Olympio Pereira previously managed the investments banking business of credit in Brazil and brings with him executive Marcelo Kayath, also from the investment banking area, to manage the variable and fixed income areas for Latin America.
Credit Suisse announced the creation of the investment strategies and solutions group in its asset management division, which will work in collaboration with asset management’s global institutional distribution team to help clients develop investment solutions from across their full range of product offerings.
Credit Suisse Group has launched its private banking operation in Japan. This launch marks an important milestone in the implementation of the bank’s international growth strategy and allows it to deliver the full suite of its integrated financial services to its clients in Japan. It provides its private banking services through its banking entity, Credit Suisse Tokyo branch, and its securities entity, Credit Suisse Securities Japan.
Credit Suisse Group hired Neel Laungani as head of telecom and media for Asia-Pacific, a new role. Laungani spent the past five years as head of that group in Asia-Pacific, ex-Japan, for Lehman Brothers Holdings. Laungani reports to Paul Raphael, head of investment banking, Asia-Pacific, and to Giuseppe Monarchi, co-head of European technology, media and telecom.-Daily Deal/The Deal 
Credit Suisse Group has announced that it has appointed a head for its private banking operations in Australia. The company has appointed Ray McGregor as managing director and head of private banking Australia. He is to be based in Sydney. McGregor was previously the co-head of Credit Suisse Solution Partners for Asia Pacific, since January 2007
Credit Suisse Group has announced that it has created a new role to boost its Indian operations. The bank has appointed Sai Tampi as director and head of multi-asset class solutions (MACS) in India. He would be required to manage the MACS operations in India and to help the discretionary business of the bank’s wealth management division to grow in the region. He is to be based in Mumbai and would manage a small local team with support from Singapore. He was earlier with HSBC, where he has been the head of portfolio management services for India since 2006.
Credit Suisse has appointed Andrew Norman and Nick Selvaratnam as co-heads of equities at its Australian arm. They succeed David Trude, who is retiring after 25 years with the bank. Mr. Norman and Mr. Selvaratnam are based in Sydney and take up their new roles from October 1. Mr. Trude will continue to work at Credit Suisse after his retirement in a senior advisory capacity. Mr. Norman is global head of Australian equity sales and Mr. Selvaratnam is head of Australian equities research.-AAP Newsfeed 
Credit Suisse announced that Susan Swanezy has joined the alternative investments business as the new head of distribution for the real estate products group. REPG is comprised of Credit Suisse’s real estate investment management businesses, including DLJ real estate capital partners, real estate core asset management and CS real estate securities.
Joseph Tan appointed as director and Asian chief economist for private banking at Credit Suisse. He will lead the newly restructured Asian economics, foreign exchange and commodities research team for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Tan joins from Fortis Bank, where he was an Asian rates and foreign exchange strategist.-The Straits Times (Singapore) 
Credit Suisse Group announced the appointment of Pankaj Kalra as the managing director of its India investment banking department. Kalra would cover selected large-cap clients in the energy, industrial and telecom sectors where there is an increasing level of mergers and acquisitions and capital- raising activities.
Credit Suisse has appointed Garrett Curran as a managing director and co-head of securities sales for Europe. Mr. Curran will report to Gael Boissard and Simon Yates, co-heads of securities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Tony Ehinger, co-head of global securities and head of securities sales.
Credit Suisse Group announced the appointment of Sughosh Moharikar and Samita Shah as the managing directors of its investment banking department and Ashim Ahuja as a director of the team. Moharikar, who would be responsible for mergers and acquisitions advisory activities in India, would play a key role in originating and executing India-related M&A transactions. Samita Shah would focus on emerging large-cap client coverage, facilitating the delivery of the full capabilities of Credit Suisse to clients in India.-The Press Trust of India 
Credit Suisse Group has appointed David Norman to the newly created role of CEO for asset management in the UK and Ireland. Mr. Norman will be responsible for the development of the asset management business in the UK and Ireland and will lead the management of retail and institutional client relationships, sales, product development and marketing efforts. He reports directly to JC Perrig, head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Credit Suisse’s asset management business. Mr. Norman joins Credit Suisse directly from Morley Fund Management, where he was the director of marketing and products.-Datamonitor NewsWire 
Credit Suisse Group announced that Liping Zhang, head of the China investment banking department, was named vice chairman of the non-Japan Asia investment banking department. Additionally, Janice Hu, managing director and vice chairman of the China investment banking department, and Jeremy Xiao, managing director and head of the investment banking department’s office in Beijing, became co-chairmen of the China investment banking department. Both report to Zhang.-Daily Deal/The Deal 
Credit Suisse has poached Simon Racle from Barclays Wealth to spearhead its push into northern England. Racle will take up the post of director and head of the firm’s north of England regional private banking business when he joins Credit Suisse in January 2009. Racle will lead the strategic direction and growth of Credit Suisse’s private banking operations in the north, which encompasses Manchester and extends to Merseyside, Yorkshire and the north east of England. Racle, who will be based in Manchester, will report to Richard Algar, head of the UK regional team for Credit Suisse’s private banking business. He has spent the last two years working as regional centre head at Barclays Wealth’s Manchester and Liverpool offices.-Citywire 
Credit Suisse announced that Erin Callan will be joining the bank as a managing director and head of its global hedge fund business. In this newly created position, Ms. Callan will join the investment bank management committee and the global client steering committee. Her appointment is effective September 2, 2008 and she will be based in New York.
Credit Suisse Group has named a head for its UK business. The bank appointed James Leigh-Pemberton as head of its UK business. Leigh-Pemberton will report to Eric Varvel, who was recently appointed as chief executive of the Swiss bank’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Leigh-Pemberton will be chief executive in the UK and will keep his current client responsibilities in the investment-banking department.
Credit Suisse announced that Spencer Wang has joined their equity research group as a managing director and senior media and internet analyst. He is based in New York and reports to Lara Warner, Head of U.S. equity research. Mr. Wang joins Credit Suisse from Bear Stearns where he was a top ranked entertainment and cable/satellite TV senior analyst.-Business Wire 
Credit Suisse Group announced that it has appointed Gary Bullock as a new managing director and head of its investment banking operations. Mr. Bullock reports to David Mathers, head of finance for the investment bank and Romeo Lacher, head of operations for the private bank. He will be based in London and joins the investment bank management committee. Mr. Bullock has extensive experience in operations, information technology and product control, having worked for both Morgan Stanley and UBS over the last 22 years.-Datamonitor NewsWire 
Credit Suisse Group has hired David Cheng, previously head of corporate finance for Asia at Bear Stearns, to lead its greater China corporate finance team. He will oversee the corporate finance team for Credit Suisse’s greater China business and report to Paul Raphael, head of investment banking for Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan).
Credit Suisse announced the appointment of Fan Cheuk Wan as head of private banking research Asia-Pacific. In her new role, Ms Fan will be responsible for driving research across all asset classes in the Asia-Pacific, including Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.
Credit Suisse Group announced that Sakthi Siva was named a managing director, Asia Pacific equity strategist and global emerging markets equity strategist. Siva was most recently UBS ‘ chief Asian strategist, based in Singapore. -The Daily Deal
Credit Suisse has named Robert Shafir as its new CEO of the asset management division, replacing David Blumer. Blumer will join Swiss Re as head of financial markets, replacing Roger Ferguson, effective from May 2008. Robert Shafir assumes his new responsibilities as of April 2, 2008, and will also continue in his current role as CEO of the Americas region.
Credit Suisse Group announced that Bill Shope has joined their equity research group as a managing director and senior IT hardware analyst. He is based in New York and reports to Lara Warner, Head of U.S. equity research. Mr. Shope joins the company from J.P. Morgan where he was a top rated IT hardware senior analyst and executive director for over five years. -Business Wire
Credit Suisse Group has appointed Michael Ruediger as chief executive officer of the company in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Central Europe. Ruediger will be based in Frankfurt and assumes his new role on March 1, 2008.
Credit Suisse Group announced that Manny Santayana has been appointed head of advanced execution services’ (AES(R)) global sales. In this role, Mr. Santayana will report to Steve Garnett, managing director and head of the alternative execution product group. He is based in New York. Mr. Santayana will focus on leading the AES sales initiatives across Asia, Europe/Middle East and the Americas. Prior to his new role, he was head of AES sales for the Americas region since the launch of the group in 2002. -Business Wire
Credit Suisse will announce the appointment of Jack So Chak-kwong, a former deputy chairman of PCCW, as vice-chairman for greater China. Mr So, chairman of the government-sponsored Hong Kong Trade Development Council, will oversee business development at Credit Suisse’s investment banking, private banking, and asset management division in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr So was deputy chairman and group managing director of PCCW, from 2003 to May of this year. Mr So will be working in an honorary or advisory role at Credit Suisse, as the bank will have a team of professional bankers for its mainland operations.
Credit Suisse Group announced that it has appointed David King to head its property fund. He was previously with Axa Real Estate Investment Management. King is to be based in London.-M2 Communications Ltd
Tate & Lyle announced that Kai Nargolwala has decided to step down as a non-executive director with effect from December 31, 2007. Mr Nargolwala is based in Singapore and, as previously announced, will be joining the Credit Suisse as CEO of the Asia-Pacific Region on January 1, 2008.