Mizuho Financial Group Inc (N6DD.SI)

MOVES-Mizuho hires Maybank's Gupta to head Asia Pacific ex Japan healthcare, consumer - sources

Mizuho Financial Group , Japan's third-largest lender by assets, has hired Maybank's Saurabh Gupta to lead its healthcare and consumer sectors in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Gupta, who was most recently the head of investment banking and advisory business for Singapore at the Malaysian bank formally known as Malayan Banking Bhd, will join Mizuho early next year, the sources added. Maybank did not respond to Reuters requests seeking comment.