June 16 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) has named

veteran Mark O'Donovan as head of its international consumer

bank, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday.

O'Donovan, a nearly 30-year veteran of the largest U.S.

bank, will steer a business that serves more than 2.5 million

customers in the United Kingdom and is planning further growth.

He will also oversee Chase UK and Germany with an eye on

future market expansion, as well as Nutmeg, JPMorgan's ( JPM ) European

investment arm, and its strategic investment in Brazilian

digital lender C6.

In the new role, he will relocate to London and take over as

incumbent Sanoke Viswanathan moves to research and analytics

firm FactSet as CEO.

O'Donovan most recently served as the chief financial

officer of JPMorgan's ( JPM ) commercial and investment bank. Bregje de

Best has been tapped to replace him, the memo showed.

Most recently, de Best co-led global corporate banking with

James Roddy, who will now continue as sole head.