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Berenberg Welcomes Wave Of New Faces

Amisha Mehta Reporter London 23 June 2015

Berenberg Welcomes Wave Of New Faces

The Germany-headquartered bank has made a flurry of new hires across its global equity sales, research and execution teams.

Berenberg, a European investment and private bank, has been busy bulking up its teams in Europe, the UK and the US.

The bank's European equity research team welcomed Simon Toennessen, a capital goods analyst from Credit Suisse, Alessandro Abate, metals analyst from JP Morgan, and Charlotte Keyworth, an aerospace and defence specialist from Canaccord Genuity.

Following the success of a number of recent UK IPOs, including those of HSS Hire and DFS, Berenberg has hired Liberum's Chris Bowman to lead its UK corporate broking team and further boost its ECM reputation. He will be responsible for building a team that will report to Berenberg’s global head of ECM, Oliver Diehl.

Also in the UK, Alexandra Clement, who previously worked at FinnCap and Arbuthnot, joined the equity sales team to focus on UK smaller-caps, while Victoria Maigrot joined from BlackRock to work in consumer specialist sales. In Paris, Alex Chevassus joined the French sales team from Nomura.

Meanwhile, in the bank's New York office, Tristan Hedle joined the equity sales team as a senior sales-trader from Investec, while Scott Duxbury and Bob Spillane joined to run the US execution desk.

“We are delighted to welcome exciting new talent into the business to help maintain this momentum as Berenberg’s profile continues to grow globally,” said Berenberg's global head of equities and head of the London office, David Mortlock. 

“We still see great opportunities in both cash equities and ECM, driven by our focus on high-quality content and real commitment to advising our clients.”
 
The Hamburg-based bank has a strong presence in London, Zurich, Frankfurt and New York, with 19 offices in Europe, America and Asia.

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