Deutsche Bank Strengthens Sales and Trading Teams in Latin America

Deutsche Bank’s Emerging Markets business, within its Global Markets division, today announced seven key hires in sales and trading in São Paulo, Brazil and Mexico City.

Rodrigo Rocha has joined as a Director and Head of Credit Syndication for Brazil within Debt Capital Markets (DCM). He reports to Nuno Correia, Head of Fixed Income Sales and DCM Coverage for Brazil, and is based in São Paulo. Rocha has 14 years of experience and joins from Credit Suisse where he was a Director in emerging markets fixed income sales. Prior to Credit Suisse, he was head of domestic and international emerging markets fixed income sales at Unibanco in São Paulo.

Jorge Classing has joined as a Director in Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading. He reports to Luis Betancourt, Director and Head of Trading in Mexico, and is based in Mexico City. Classing joined from Bank of America where he was head of fixed income trading in Mexico.

Alex Coutinho will join as a Director in Global Markets Structuring - Credit. He will be based in São Paulo and report to Marcelo Ferraz, Director in Global Markets Structuring. Coutinho will join from Spinnaker Capital, where he was a buy-side research analyst covering debt and private equity. Prior to joining Spinnaker, he was a vice president in debt capital markets at ABN AMRO.

Jose Luis Azevedo de Oliveira has joined as a Vice President in Local Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading, and is based in São Paulo. He has 13 years of trading experience and joins from Banco Itaú, where he was a senior trader in local fixed income markets. He reports to Claudio Holanda, Director in Local Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading in Brazil.

Frederico Massote has joined as a Vice President in Local Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading in São Paulo. Massote joined from Santander where he traded interest rates, and reports to Holanda.

Cristian Lara has joined as a Vice President in DCM sales in São Paulo. In his role, he is responsible for local corporate credit origination in Brazil. He reports to Correia and Brad McKee, Managing Director. Lara joined from JPMorgan where he was a vice president in structured finance for local DCM.

Marcelo Puga will join as a Vice President in Equity Derivatives sales in São Paulo. He will join from Credit Suisse- Hedging Griffo where he was head of equity derivatives for Brazil, and will report to Andre Rosenblit, Head of Global Markets Equity in Brazil.

"As we continue to expand our client offering in Latin America, it is imperative that we have a strong presence in local markets,” said Karan Madan, Managing Director and Head of Global Markets Latin America. "We are confident that these individuals will be a resource to our clients in Brazil and Mexico and we are thrilled to welcome them to our team.”

"The Brazilian market has become more relevant to the global economy and we are strengthening and investing in our operations in the country,” said Bernardo Parnes, Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank Brazil.

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