Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has appointed Amilcare Police as head of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) credit and banking, based in London.

Police will report to Ileana Musa, head of international credit and banking, and locally to David Jervis, head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management EMEA.

Police's new role involves responsibility for the management of credit and banking activities across EMEA, including product development and distribution,  cash management and lending solutions, and loan administration.

He most recently worked at HSBC, in London, as EMEA head of equity derivatives sales and multi-asset third-party distribution sales.  Prior to this, Police was global head of equity derivatives and equity cash sales at ABN AMRO.