Top Hong Kong job for Sweeney

In a move that emphasizes a renewed commitment to the Greater China area, Lehman Brothers has created a new country head role in Hong Kong, which Kirk Sweeney will assume. Sweeney is currently co-head of fixed incomes sales and in his 12 years with Lehman has held senior positions including head of Asia ex-Japan research, head of equity sales and head of capital markets sales. He has lived in Hong Kong for 14 years. Sweeney says the philosophy behind creating the new Hong Kong c…