People moves and key promotions in securitisation

This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Tikehau Capital making a number of promotions, including the appointment of a new president of Tikehau IM and a new head of structured credit. Elsewhere, Way Capital has snapped up a new head of agency finance from First Foundations, while CBRE has poached two structured finance executives from Greystone & Co. 

Tikehau Capital has made a number of promotions to its senior team, including elevating deputy ceo Henri Marcoux to president of Tikehau IM and Maxime Laurent-Bellue to head of structured credit. Laurent-Bellue, who joined the firm in 2007 and has a background in private debt, is promoted from head of tactical strategies.

Marcoux has been with Tikehau since 2016 and replaces Bruno de Pampelonne, who has been appointed executive chair of Tikehau Capital Asia and a special advisor to the firm’s founders. 

Other promotions see Tikehau IM deputy ceo Frédéric Giovansili appointed deputy ceo of Tikehau Capital; Tikehau IM cfo Vincent Picot appointed cfo of the wider group, Guillaume Belnat promoted from head of treasury, financing and market operations to deputy cfo; and head of investor relations Louis Igonet appointed head of corporate strategy, development and investor relations.

Meanwhile, Way Capital has hired First Foundations' RJ Opeka as head of agency finance, working out of its office in Scottsdale, Arizona. Opeka leaves his role as director of loan production at First Foundation after one year. He was previously senior managing director in the commercial real estate banking division at Opus Bank, where he spent nine years.

OTP Bank Romania has hired Intesa Sanpaolo’s Titus Nicolae as senior large corporate relationship manager in its specialised lending and structured finance department. Based in Bucharest, Nicolae leaves the same position in Intesa Sanpaolo’s multinational clients department after a year with the bank. He previously spent eight years at Credit Europe Bank, three years at Alpha Bank Romania and four years at Generali.

Francesco Cilloni has joined Pollen Street Capital’s private credit and business development team in London. He was previously head of financial institutions solutions and securitised products at Intesa Sanpaolo, which he joined in September 2018. Before that, Cilloni worked in structured finance-related roles at Phinance Partners, NatWest, the Italian Treasury and Banca IMI.

Greystone & Co duo Jason Stein and Webb DeWitt have joined CBRE as vice presidents in the debt and structured finance division. Stein will be based in New York and joins the group after 11 years in the real estate team at Greystone. He previously worked at TriPoint Global Equities, HC Wainwright & Company, and Spencer Trask Ventures. DeWitt will work in CBRE’s Dallas office and leaves Greystone after three years.

Travers Smith has promoted Sana Dosa to senior associate in its derivatives and structured products team. Dossa is based in London and joined the firm in late 2021 after three years at Ashurst. She previously spent four years in the legal department at Deutsche Bank.

Finally, BNL BNP Paribas has promoted credit analyst Luca Simoncini to structured finance associate. Simoncini joined the bank in 2020 and is based in its Milan office.