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Press release<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> <strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong> <strong>strengthens</strong> <strong>its</strong> <strong>Asian</strong> <strong>FIC</strong> business<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> <strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong> (C&M) today announced that it has appointed Tan Kok Wee as Head<br />
of Fixed Income & Currencies Sales Asia.<br />
Kok Wee brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the <strong>Asian</strong> markets. Before joining C&M, he<br />
held senior leadership positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he was responsible for all of CSFB's<br />
operations in Singapore, and at Bear Stearns, where he managed the Singapore office and the distribution<br />
of fixed income and derivatives to clients in Non-Japan Asia and Australia.<br />
Kok Wee joins with immediate effect and in his role will manage the Fixed Income & Currencies Sales<br />
business of <strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong> in Asia. He will be based in Singapore, reporting globally into Nikolaus<br />
Giesbert, Global Head of Fixed Income & Currencies Sales, and regionally into Nick Johnston, Head of<br />
<strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong> Asia.<br />
Nikolaus Giesbert, Global Head of Fixed Income & Currencies Sales, commented: “I am very pleased to<br />
welcome Tan Kok Wee to <strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong> in Asia. With his wealth of experience and in-depth<br />
knowledge of the <strong>Asian</strong> markets, he will significantly strengthen our distribution footprint in the region,<br />
further enhancing our service offering for clients in Asia.”<br />
Ends<br />
Issued by<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> Aktiengesellschaft<br />
Group Communications<br />
60261 Frankfurt am Main<br />
Telephone +49 69 136-2 28 30<br />
Fax +49 69 136-2 20 08<br />
mediarelations@commerzbank.com<br />
www.commerzbank.com<br />
For editors<br />
25 October 2010
Contact:<br />
Claire Tappenden<br />
Media Relations – London<br />
0044 20 7475 5161<br />
Claire.Tappenden@<strong>Commerzbank</strong>.com<br />
Laurel Teo<br />
Financial Dynamics – Singapore<br />
0065 6236 1621<br />
Laurel.Teo@fd.com<br />
Kate Cheung<br />
Financial Dynamics – Hong Kong<br />
00852 3716 9826<br />
Kate.Cheung@fd.com<br />
About <strong>Commerzbank</strong> <strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong><br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> <strong>Corporates</strong> & <strong>Markets</strong> (C&M) is the investment banking arm of <strong>Commerzbank</strong> AG,<br />
providing a broad range of products and services to corporate and institutional clients in Germany, Europe<br />
and beyond. The business incorporates advisory and capital markets activities in debt, equities,<br />
commodities, fixed income or currencies with a strong focus on derivatives and structured products. C&M<br />
aspires to be clients’ partner of choice when it comes to the development and execution of smart solutions<br />
for all their financing and capital market needs.