Deutsche’s bankers do their bit

Thai children: Deutsche’s bankers in Asia are looking to combat the spread of HIV/Aids among rural hill tribes by sponsoring health education

Investment bankers are used to pitching for business in far-flung places. But even for such old pros as Deutsche Bank’s Ken Borda and Jeremy Paul, the hill tribes of northern Thailand must have seemed an unlikely venue.

Even less likely was the audience facing Deutsche’s Asia ex-Japan CEO and chairman of global markets – 200 villagers on the floor of a bamboo village hall who gathered to see Borda and Paul launch a new charity.