SYDNEY, March 12 (Reuters) - JPMorgan ( JPM ) has

appointed Dragi Ristevski to lead its Australian and New Zealand

financial sponsors business, according to a memo reviewed by

Reuters on Wednesday.

Ristevski will also serve as co-head of the bank's general

industrials investment banking unit alongside Seth Schwartz, the

memo added, and will be based in Sydney, starting with JPMorgan ( JPM )

mid-year.

Ristevski was most recently the head of financial sponsors

at Macquarie Capital and has previously worked at Citigroup and

Credit Suisse.

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