BOC International Holdings Limited, shortly BOCI, is the wholly owned subsidiary of

Bank of China The Bank of China (BOC; ) is a Chinese majority state-owned commercial bank headquartered in Beijing and the fourth largest bank in the world. The Bank of China was founded in 1912 by the Republican government as China's central bank, repl ...

, which offers investment banking and

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services. It was established in 1998 and

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. It has subsidiaries in New York,

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and Chongqing.BOC International Holdings Ltd.
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Notable staff

* Marshall Nicholson, vice-chairman of investment banking division (2007−2012), one of the first senior foreign hires at any Chinese bank

References

External links

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