Credit Suisse is expanding it cash equity sales franchise for Asia, ex-Japan, with the appointment of 20 country- and product-specific specialists. The Swiss bank has appointed Mark Sandeford as head of the London desk covering Asian ex-Japan equity sales and trading. Mr Sandeford, a managing director, moved from the bank's cash trading business in Hong Kong. He is joined in London by Tom Scott, who will cover hedge fund sales. Mr Scott, a director, joins from JP Morgan where he focused on Asian equity sales. Josh Meyer and Chulantha De Silva join as directors in New York. Mr Meyer, previously with Macquarie Securities, joins the Taiwan sales team while Mr De Silva, who joins from Citigroup, adds to the Indian equities sales force. Also joining from JP Morgan are William Han as a director in the general sales team in Hong Kong and Jonathan Jenkins, who joins as a director in the general sales team in Singapore. Ruben Zamora, formerly of UBS, joins the general sales team in Singapore as a director. Credit Suisse has also expanded its India sales team by hiring three vice presidents in Mumbai: Kunal Bajaj, Sangram Singh and Anjali Bharvani. In Hong Kong, the bank has hired four vice presidents to support Hong Kong/China, absolute return and hedge fund sales: Sharon Jiang, Gillian Wang, Kevin Leung and Jeffrey Shiu. The London desk has added two vice presidents - Paul Shin and Chris McGoldrick - to cover Korea sales and general sales, respectively. They will be joined in New York by Patricia Ahn, a Vice President supporting general sales, and in Jakarta by Carl Reading, a vice president supporting Indonesia sales.