SYDNEY, April 29 (Reuters) - JPMorgan ( JPM ) has hired

Alex To as the bank's vice chair of Asia Pacific, according to a

memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

To will be based in Hong Kong and joins the bank from being

the chief executive of CDH Investments, the memo said.

He will report to JPMorgan's ( JPM ) Asia Pacific chief executive

Sjoerd Leenart, the note sent to staff on Tuesday added.

A JPMorgan ( JPM ) spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo.

To joined CDH Investments in 2022 after he was the co-head

of investment banking at Bank of America ( BAC ) and he has

previusly worked at Morgan Stanley ( MS ).

JPMorgan ( JPM ) has recently made a number of hires across its

investment banking business, especially in Australia with the

recruitment of Dragi Ristevski and Justin Grimmond. It also

hired David Cameron-Smail who will begin in June as the head of

the bank's South East Asia equity capital markets business.