JPMorgan Hires Health-Care Banker Dass from Deutsche Bank

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired health-care banker Christopher Dass from Deutsche Bank AG as a managing director covering pharma-tech and pharma-services companies, according to people familiar with the matter.

Dass will join the New York-based bank’s mid-cap investment banking group reporting to John Richert, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the details aren’t public. He’ll also work closely with JPMorgan’s North American health-care services investment banking team — headed by Nick Richitt — on situations involving larger companies, the people added.

Spokespeople for JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank declined to comment.

JPMorgan earlier this year ...