By Helene Durand
LONDON, Dec 2 (IFR) - HSBC has reshuffled its European bondsyndicate desk, according to an internal memo seen by IFR, asthe bank continues to reorganise its business following thearrival in May of Matthew Westerman from Goldman Sachs asco-head of banking.
Robert Gardiner, a director on the EMEA FIG syndicate desk,is moving to the FIG DCM origination team with responsibilityfor frequent issuers as part of the FIG flow desk.
He will report to Hugo Moore, head of FIG flow DCM, EMEA.
Peter Riera, a director, is relocating from New York toLondon and will join EMEA debt syndicate, reporting to AdamBothamley, global head of debt syndicate.
In New York, he led the bank's US and Yankee financialssyndicate effort.
Nils Bachmann Hansen, an associate director, will relocateto New York from Sydney and join the syndicate desk, reportingto Peter Burger, head of debt syndicate, Americas.
Andrew Peacock, an associate director, has moved from theFIG flow DCM desk, EMEA, to the FIG DCM origination team,reporting to Chris Hittmair, global head of FIG DCM.
Callum de Forest, associate director, joins the DCM teamfrom Global Markets in Sydney and will assume responsibility forthe Australian dollar debt syndicate function.
De Forest will report locally to Andrew Duncan, head of debtcapital markets, Australia, and functionally to Chris Jones,global head of local currency debt syndicate. (Reporting by Helene Durand, editing by Robert Smith, JulianBaker)