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Investment Banking Market Update November 2021

Significant appointments and departures from the leading investment banks throughout November 2021


Alfa-Bank

Emerging Markets:

  • David PIPIA, Renaissance Capital, Vice President, ECM, Moscow, has joined as a Director, Head of ECM, Moscow

AXIA

Europe:

  • Nick ARGOUDELIS, Hines, Investment Analyst, Athens, has joined as an Associate in the firm’s Investment Banking Division, Athens

Barclays

Emerging Markets:

  • Kunal AHUJA, Standard Chartered, Executive Director, M&A, Singapore, has joined as Head of Southeast Asia M&A, Singapore

Europe:

  • Azamat KOKOV, Director, TMT, London, has left to join Ivy Farm Technologies as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer, Oxford
  • Reman ARIF, Societe Generale, Leveraged Finance, London, has joined in a similar role, London

Citi

Global:

  • Baj MANDHANIA, Director, Real Estate & Lodging, New York, has left to join Sparrow Sing-Family Rental Homes as Chief Financial Officer, Scottsdale
  • Farzad HASNAT, Berenberg Capital Markets, Vice President, New York, has joined as a Vice President as part of the Healthcare Investment Banking team, New York

Europe:

  • Irina DZUTESKA, BNP Paribas, Associate, European Advisory Group M&A (Consumer, Retail and Healthcare), London, has joined as an Associate, London
  • Alexandre SALAS, RBC Capital Markets, Associate, Healthcare, London, has joined in a similar role based in London

Credit Suisse

Europe:

  • Nicolas VUCEKOVIC, Vice President, Debt Capital Markets Solutions, Paris, has left to join La Banque Postale as a Director, Debt Capital Markets, Paris

Deutsche Bank

Europe:

  • Dimitrios STAVRINOS, KingsRock Advisors, Senior Advisor Greece & Cyprus, London, has rejoined the firm as a Director, DCM & Structured Finance Greece & Cyprus, London, having left the firm in 2018
  • Thomas HEGNAUER, Senior Vice President, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds & Family Offices Coverage EMEA, Investment Banking Division, London, has left to join UBS’ Private Banking Division as an Executive Director, Zurich

Goldman Sachs

Global:

  • Anisa FILIPI, BNP Paribas, Oil & Gas, Energy & Natural Resources US, Dallas, has joined as a Vice President, Energy & Natural Resources, Dallas
  • Agnay MOHINDRA, Bank of America, Analyst, Global Industrials Group, Chicago, has joined as an Analyst, Industrials, New York

Emerging Markets:

  • Jassim ALSANE, Citi, Managing Director, Dubai, has joined as a Managing Director and Co-Head of MENA Corporate & Investment Banking, Dubai

Europe:

  • Antoine RUPP-DAHLEM, Rothschild & Co, Director, M&A, Paris, has joined as an Executive Director, Paris
  • Amit PURI, Deutsche Bank, Director, Infrastructure & Utilities, London, has joined as an Executive Director, London
  • Selim GUVEN, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Vice President, M&A EMEA, London, has joined as an Executive Director, M&A, London
  • Svenja GREBNER, Hambro Perks, Principal, Fintech, London, has joined as an Associate in the Investment Banking Division, London

JP Morgan

Emerging Markets:

  • Timur KUNANBAYEV, Managing Director, Head of Central Asia & Caucasus Investment Banking, Almaty, has been appointed as a Managing Director, Head of CIS Coverage, Moscow

Europe:

  • Hendrik WORSCHECH, Vice President, Leveraged Finance, London has left to join H.I.G. Capital as a Director, Private Credit Investing, London
  • Marcelo RODRIGUEZ, Associate, Consumer & Retail, London, has left to join Valtech as a Manager, M&A EMEA & Asia, London
  • Miles RICHARDSON, Associate, TMT, London, has left to join Revolut in a similar role, London
  • Stefano MARCHIONNI, BNP Paribas, Associate, DCM & Leveraged Finance, London, has joined as an Analyst, London

Morgan Stanley

Emerging Markets:

  • Motaz AL-ANGARI, Executive Director, Head of Investment Banking KSA, Riyadh, has left to join Saudi Fransi Capital as Head of Investment Banking, Riyadh
  • Gili BERGMAN, Barclays, Associate, Tel Aviv, has joined in a similar role, Tel Aviv

Europe:

  • Yaroslav SYZONOV, Associate, Investment Banking, London, has left to join Blackstone as an Investment Professional, London

Nomura

Global:

  • Alain HALIMI, Commonwealth Bank, Executive Director, Power, Renewables & Resources Americas, New York, has joined as an Executive Director, Renewables, Energy, Power, Resources, Infrastructure & Digital Infrastructure, New York
  • Sinan ACIKALIN, Columbia University Business School, MBA Candidate, New York, has joined the firm’s Greentech subsidiary as an Associate, New York

Perella Weinberg Partners

Europe:

  • Darshan SHAH, Associate, Healthcare M&A, London, has left to join CVC Capital Partners as an Investment Executive, Healthcare, London

RBC Capital Markets

Global:

  • Gregor GRASSMAIR, formerly a Vice President, Corporate Finance & M&A, at JP Morgan, has joined as a Director, Frankfurt
  • Yigit OSKAY, Nomura, Vice President, Industrials (Government, Aerospace, Defense & Chemicals), New York, has joined in a similar role, New York

Europe:

  • Antoine MALMAISON, Credit Agricole, Associate, Energy & Infrastructure Project Finance, Paris, has joined the firm as an Analyst, M&A, Paris

Rothschild & Co

Europe:

  • Damianos BOULAKIS, Rubicon Capital Advisors, Associate, London, has joined in a similar role based in London

Societe Generale

Europe:

  • Yury KISELEV, Head of CEE, CIS & Russia DCM, London, has been appointed as Head of CEEMEA DCM, London

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Emerging Markets:

  • Johan LLENAS, Mizuho, Senior Associate Director, FIG & SWFs, Dubai, has joined as a Director, FIG & SWFs MENA, Dubai

Miscellaneous

Global:

  • David JANASHVILI, Moelis & Company, Executive Director, New York, has joined Canaccord Genuity as a Managing Director, Investment Banking, New York

Emerging Markets:

  • Mert BAHCECIK, ICBC, Vice President, Istanbul, has joined Garanti BBVA Securities as a Director, Corporate Finance, Istanbul
  • Abdulrahman ALHAGBANI, GIB Capital, Associate, DCM, Riyadh, has joined First Abu Dhabi Bank as a Director, Capital Markets, Riyadh

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