Goldman Sachs has appointed Richard Campbell-Breeden as new vice chairman of investment banking for the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan.
In his new role, Campbell-Breeden will be responsible for advising the investment bank’s most important clients in the region. In addition, he will also become chairman of the M&A group in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Campbell-Breeden, who joined Goldman Sachs in 1989, has served as the bank’s head of M&A in the region since 2011 and chairman of the industrials group since 2013.
He was previously co-head of the European financial sponsors group, which advises private equity firms, and co-head of UK investment banking. He also served as managing director in 1998 and became partner in 2000.
Additionally, the firm has hired John Kim as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Asia ex-Japan replacing Campbell-Breeden. Kim will also become chairman of Korea investment banking.
Kim, who joined Goldman Sachs in 2000, has worked as managing director in 2005 and made partner in 2012.
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By GlobalDataIn his new role, Kim will work closely together with Campbell-Breeden to lead this important franchise which is core to our investment banking business.
Meantime, David Chung and Dongsuk Choi will become co-heads of Korea investment banking, while Christos Tomaras, head of the bank’s European private equity M&A practice, is moving from London to join the Hong Kong team.
