Wells Fargo Securities has added new hires to the organization led by Barbara Wong who joined in Hong Kong as managing director in the APAC mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team. With 15 years of investment banking and M&A experience, she leads coverage of the consumer, retail, healthcare and gaming sectors, reporting to Dan Bricken, managing director and head of international M&A, and Mark Jones, managing director and head of Wells Fargo Securities Asia-Pacific. Previously, she was managing director and chief operating officer of the APAC M&A team at Barclays. She has also held positions at Morgan Stanley Hong Kong, Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan.

 

Raymond Wong was named representative director and president of Wells Fargo Securities Japan, reporting to Jones. Based in Japan, he will lead initiatives to enhance the breadth and depth of the securities platform in Japan. Wong joins the organization with over 24 years of trading, sales and structuring experience, most recently serving as head of FX, rates and credit for UBS Japan. He has also served in leadership positions at Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs.

 

Tomomi Kikuchi was appointed managing director and head of Wells Fargo Securities Asia Residential Mortgage Back Securities (RMBS) trading and head of Japan Sales, reporting to Wong and Ari Kavour, head of RMBS trading Wells Fargo Securities in the US. With over 20 years of market experience, he joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he headed the non-yen sales business and was the RMBS product manager for the region. He has also held leadership positions at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and J.P. Morgan.