HONG KONG, July 22 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) said

on Monday it has appointed Jaehoon Ahn as head of investment

banking in South Korea, the latest move by the Wall Street bank

to bolster its investment banking leadership in the region.

He will also serve as the bank's co-country head of Korea,

and co-branch manager of Goldman Sachs Asia at its Seoul Branch,

Goldman said in a statement.

Ahn, who is expected to take on the role of managing

director in mid-August, will work closely with Edward Byun, who

held interim responsibility for investment banking in the

region.

Ahn was most recently head of strategic planning and

corporate development at SK Bioscience, and has spent 10 years

with Morgan Stanley ( MS ), and was its managing director based in

Seoul when left in 2021, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Last week, Goldman Sachs ( GS ) named its India investment banking

co-chiefs and Hong Kong coverage head.