LONDON, Aug 5 (IFR) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch saidIzumi Devalier is to join the US bank from HSBC as head of JapanEconomics.
Devalier will start in September and be based in Tokyo,where she will report to Ethan Harris, head of global economics,according to an internal memo seen by IFR.
Devalier joins from HSBC in Hong Kong, where she has workedas an economist covering Japan and other regional economiesacross Asia. She previously worked in investment banking atCitigroup Global Markets in Tokyo.
(Reporting by Steve Slater)
HSBC Holdings (HSBA)