Asia ECM co-head Potel leaves Morgan Stanley

Ronnie Potel, co-head of equity capital markets for Asia-Pacific at Morgan Stanley, left the bank this week, a source said yesterday.

The move comes after Potel joined Morgan Stanley in June 2010 as head of equity-linked origination for Asia-Pacific. As the bank continued to grow its capital markets platform in the region, Morgan Stanley in October last year promoted Potel and Justin Haik to co-heads of ECM for Asia-Pacific. Haik had been head of equity syndicate for the region.

The reason for Potel’s departure and his plans for the future were not immediately available yesterday.

Potel joined Morgan Stanley from Standard Chartered...