Bank of America Adds Four to High Grade Origination as Part of European Global Markets Expansion

LONDON, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America today announced four hires to its High Grade Origination platform in Europe as part of the focused expansion of its Global Markets business internationally.

JC Perrig, head of International High Grade Origination comments: "The build-out of the High Grade Origination platform will reinforce our origination and syndicate capabilities to better serve our clients. The addition of talent covering insurance companies and financial institutions is particularly important to us. I am delighted to welcome these hires on board."

Peter Baillargeon has joined Bank of America as a Vice President on the Financial Institutions (FIG) High Grade Origination desk reporting to Hany Kamel, responsible for insurance sector coverage for FIG High Grade Origination. Baillargeon joins after three and a half years in Debt Capital Markets (DCM) at Deutsche Bank.

Caspar Bentinck will join Bank of America as a Vice President on the International Syndicate desk, reporting to Brian Robertson and Scott Lampard, co-heads of International Syndicate. Caspar joins after eight years at Lehman Brothers in London and New York where he was most recently responsible for Public Sector and Emerging Markets Debt Syndicate.

Andrew Brown has joined Bank of America as a Vice President on the FIG High Grade Origination desk reporting to Mike Coppock, responsible for bank sector coverage for FIG High Grade Origination. Brown joins after eight years in DCM at Credit Suisse First Boston in London and Sydney.

Matteo Tinelli has joined Bank of America as a Vice President on the High Grade Origination desk reporting jointly to Felicity Buchan, head of Corporate High Grade Origination and Ian Harjette, head of EMEA FIG High Grade Origination. Tinelli joins after four years at Citigroup where his most recent position was Vice President in International Capital Markets.

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