Deustche Bank appoints Aleksandar Pfajfer as managing director, head of lending & deposits in APAC

It also names Tony Tan as director, head of strategic lending in Asia and head of lending Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Aleksandar Pfajfer joined the bank on January 22, 2018. Based in Hong Kong, Pfajfer reports to Balaji Prasanna, global head of lending & deposits and Lok Yim, head of APAC. He was previously head of banking & lending at Credit Suisse. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and has worked in London, Zurich, New York and Hong Kong.

Tony Tan joined on December 26, 2017 and reports to Mitch Matharu, global head of strategic lending, and to Pfajfer. Tan is based in Singapore. He joined from Nomura Investment Banking where he ran their principal finance group covering Asia including Australia. Tan previously worked at Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch.

Lok Yim, head of Deutsche Bank WM APAC, commented on the two appointments, “With the additions of Aleksandar and Tony to our strong franchise in this region, we are well placed to build on the successes of our platform in Asia.”