Savoret named CEO at Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers has named Benoit Savoret as chief executive officer of Asia equities, based in Tokyo. Savoret will be responsible for all of the firmÆs equity sales, trading, research and equity capital market activities throughout Asia. He will also join the Regional Asian Executive Committee and the Global Equity Executive Committee. Savoret will report to Robert S. Shafir and Roger B. Nagioff, co-heads of Lehman BrothersÆ Global Equity Division, and also Jarett F. Wait, CEO of Lehm…