J.P. Morgan announced Friday the appointment of Frank Gong as vice-chairman of China investment banking and chairman of China diversified industry clients.
Gong moves over to the firm's China investment banking group after leading its China research franchise as chief economist and head of research and strategy for the past five years.
He joined J.P. Morgan as a managing director in 2004. In his new role, Gong will report to Fang Fang, chief executive officer of J.P. Morgan China.
Gong will focus on expanding the coverage of the firm's corporate clients in China and work with other product and industry specialists to increase revenues across all...