Credit Suisse has appointed Michael De Guzman as head of Philippines coverage in its Asia-Pacific investment banking and capital markets department. He will report to Pankaj Goel and Rizal Gozali, Credit Suisse’s co-heads of IBCM, Southeast Asia.

De Guzman will be responsible for driving the growth of its IBCM business in the Philippines. This includes broadening relationships with entrepreneurs and corporate clients in the market as well as delivering the full range of Credit Suisse’s integrated bank offering in line with its positioning as the Trusted Entrepreneurs’ Bank.

He joins Credit Suisse from Macquarie Group, where he spent 17 years in various roles based around Asia-Pacific. For the past eight years he held the role of Head of Macquarie Capital Philippines advising and raising capital for various top Philippine conglomerates