Goldman Sachs has hired Christina Makiguchi to run its electronic trading business in Japan and China. She is joining from Credit Suisse in Tokyo, where she has headed its Japanese e-trading platform since 2007.
The China role is an addition to the responsibilities Makiguchi had at Credit Suisse and plays to the fact that she grew up in Taiwan and is a fluent Mandarin speaker. Her official employment at Credit Suisse ends tomorrow, August 24, and she will start as a vice-president at Goldman in Tokyo on September 1 after being on gardening leave since May. Credit Suisse has not yet announced a replacement.
Goldman has not...