Credit Suisse has expanded its fixed income franchise in Asia Pacific with the appointment of nine members in sales and trading departments.

Chunlei Wu will join as a managing director and head of flow rates sales, China, based in Hong Kong. He was most recently at Deutsche Bank.

Vishal Sodha has been appointed as director and head of credit sales, non-Japan Asia, based in Hong Kong. He joins from Citigroup. He was most recently director, fixed income investor sales in Hong Kong.

Theresa Wong will join as a director and head of fixed income sales, Hong Kong. Previously, Ms. Wong worked at UBS where she was executive director, fixed income distribution.

Hong Nam Yeoh will join as a director to cover both financial institutions and corporates in Malaysia. He will be based in Singapore. He joins Credit Suisse from JP Morgan where he was an executive director for derivatives sales in Malaysia.

Regina Tan will join as a director and generalist country sales for Singapore. She was most recently at UBS as an executive director, responsible for fixed income & credit sales and distribution.

Hunter Jamieson will join as a director in the global FX sales team in Singapore. He was most recently a director with Barclays Capital, Sydney, responsible for corporate and institutional FX for Australia and New Zealand.

Richard Cohen will join as a director and head of credit trading Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. He joins from Morgan Stanley where he was recently head of Asia and Japan credit & convertible trading.

Bevan Harris will join the non-Japan Asia rates trading team as a director, based in London where he will be the implant trader for AUD / NZD derivatives. He joins from Royal Bank of Canada, London.

John Camara has joined as a director in the FX spot trading team, based in Singapore. Mr. Camara was most recently at Deutsche Bank, Sydney, as a director.

Carsten Stoehr, head of fixed income in Asia Pacific,Credit Suisse, said: “Together, these appointments complement our existing sales, structuring and trading capabilities in key Asian markets and products. We will continue to add resources to the teams, looking to expand both our bandwidth and depth of product expertise.”