BTIG Hong Kong Ltd. Snags A Goldman Sachs Executive (GS)
BTIG Hong Kong Ltd. has appointed Jesse Lentchner as its new Asia-Pacific Chief Executive Officer. He will be responsible for the firm’s operations in Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. He is expected to join the Asian firm in June. Jesse Lentchner was formerly with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), where he was co-head of executive services for Asia. He also managed the equities and fixed income operations in India. In addition, Lentchner had previously been responsible for Goldman Sachs’s (GS) equity sales trading desk in Tokyo.
BTIG Hong Kong Ltd. has its offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. The firm also has a set-up in the US. Kevin Chessen, BTIG’s head of international trading, said, “BTIG's Asia-Pacific business is poised for considerable growth over the coming years."
