MOVES-HSBC's Europe and Americas banking head Keefe departs

HONG KONG, ​April 14 (Reuters) - ⁠HSBC's head of banking ​in Europe and the Americas Gerry Keefe has ​resigned, becoming ‌the latest senior banker to depart since ⁠the bank's global overhaul launched in ⁠2024.

The bank announced ​the news on Tuesday, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters and confirmed by a ​company spokesperson.

Jo ‌Miyake, head of Asia and the Middle East banking, was named to take on Keefe’s role on an interim basis, ​the bank spokesperson said.

Keefe was appointed to the ‌role of overseeing the bank's commercial and investment banking operations in ‌the two regions about a year ago. HSBC in a major restructuring to pivot to Asia, wound ​down its mergers and acquisition, and some equities businesses ‌in the Americas and Europe in early 2025. Keefe, who joined HSBC from Citigroup in 2021 ⁠as head ⁠of banking for Americas, was ‌among the high-profile bankers the European bank hired to try ​to ​boost its U.S. dealmaking.

Last September, ‌HSBC's former head of U.S. banking Lisa McGeough left to join rival Deutsche Bank. (Reporting by Selena Li; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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