BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has

chosen Jens Hofmann and Tibor Kossa, both working for the bank,

as new co-heads of its Germany and Austria investment banking

business, one of the top U.S. banks said in a memo seen by

Reuters on Thursday.

Hofmann joined the company in 1994 as an analyst and was

promoted to managing director in 2004, while Kossa joined in

2018 as managing director and worked as co-head of M&A in

Germany and Austria until recently.

Goldman's former Germany chief Alexander Mayer has left for

competitor JP Morgan after spending 24 years with the bank.