People moves and key promotions in securitisation

This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Natixis CIB hiring a new head of structured credit capital markets. Elsewhere, Arrow Global has recruited two senior execs to its real estate and credit divisions, while Intesa Sanpaolo has appointed a new head of structured finance and loans legal advisory. 

MUFG’s Asif Khan has joined Natixis CIB as md and head of structured credit capital markets. Khan will be based in Natixis’s New York office, working within the global markets Americas team, and will report to Emmanuel Issanchou, head of global markets Americas and global head of credit markets.

Khan leaves his role as md and global head of CLOs at MUFG after almost 10 years with the firm, having originally joined in early 2014. During his time with the business, he established and led the MUFG CLO platform.

In his new role, Khan will oversee structured credit sales and syndication, and be responsible for supporting origination for the Americas team. Prior to MUFG, he was a partner at Vibrant Capital — then known as DFG Investment Advisers — and had stints at Morgan Stanley, Wachovia/Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.

Meanwhile, Arrow Global has hired Zachary Vaughan, formerly of Brookfield Asset Management, as head of real estate and chair of its real estate investment committee, and Morgan Stanley’s Toni McDermott as cio for credit and direct lending. 

Vaughan left his role as managing partner and global head of core plus and perpetual funds at Brookfield in April after 11 years with the business. He also previously held senior roles at Reichmann International and CPP Investments. His appointment comes in the aftermath of key real-estate-focused acquisitions by Arrow, including the bolt-ons of Eagle Street Partners and Blue Current Capital, as well as the launch of its Mica Real Estate subsidiary in the Netherlands.

McDermott leaves her role as md of loan solutions and securitisation at Morgan Stanley, having previously held md roles at both Centerbridge Partners and Deutsche Bank. 

Intesa Sanpaolo has promoted Laura Ersettigh to head of structured finance and loans legal advisory, based in its Milan office. Ersettigh joined the bank in late 2020 as head of IMI corporate and investment banking loans legal advisory, leaving her position at Allen & Overy after five years with the firm. She previously spent five years at Pedersoli Studio Legale.

ING has promoted Peter van Eijndhoven to director for sustainable structured finance, based in its Amsterdam office. Van Eijndhoven has been with the bank for 18 years and is promoted from the role of director for sustainable project finance.

In further promotion news, M&G has elevated two London-based directors to co-head of structured credit research. The firm has promoted Tim Morris and Eoin O'Shaughnessy, who were both previously directors for structured and private assets and have been with M&G for 16 years and 11 years respectively.

Voiter’s Alexandre Azzi Feres has joined BTG Pactual’s Grand Capital subsidiary as partner and head of structured finance, working out of São Paulo. Azzi Feres leaves his role as commercial superintendent at Voiter after two and a half years with the Brazilian bank. He previously worked at Banco Pine, Banco Fibra and Banco PAN.

Dentons’ Matthew Royko has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as a real estate partner, working out of the law firm’s Atlanta office. Royko focuses on real estate finance spanning secured and unsecured lending transactions and acquisition financings. He leaves his position as partner at Dentons after eight years with the firm, having previously spent 10 years at McKenna Long & Aldridge.

Ram Realty Advisors has appointed former Wells Fargo md Sean Barlas as chief investment officer. Barlas will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He will oversee Ram Realty’s investment teams in south Florida, central Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee. In his role at Wells Fargo, he led the real estate merchant banking group, which invested across the risk spectrum, including direct equity and structured finance. 

Pieterbas Kist has joined African Asset Finance Company as director in its structured finance and funding team, working out of Rotterdam. Kist left his role as head of financial sourcing and solutions at Signify Capital in 2022 after four years with the Netherlands-headquartered electronics group. Prior to that he spent 10 years at Philips, where he worked in its business finance, healthcare and lighting financing teams.

Aeolus Capital Management’s Jake Nichols has joined Aon as senior md and global clients leader within its reinsurance solutions division. In his new role, he will focus on risk transfer solutions and be based in Bermuda. Nichols joined Aeolus in 2020 and was previously a senior vp at Guy Carpenter.

Europe-focused structuring, restructuring and capital raising advisory firm TreeCap Partners has appointed Aggregate Holdings’ Boris Lemke as founder and managing partner, based in London. TreeCap was launched in late 2022 by former HDI Global veteran Frank Bandemer. 

Lemke leaves his position as investment director at Aggregate Holdings after four years with the business, and will focus on corporate and structured finance, capital and loan markets, real estate, infrastructure and project finance at TreeCap.He left his role as director in the corporate finance and private debt syndicate team at Deutsche Bank in 2019 after 10 years with the bank.

And finally, Banca Akros has promoted Luisa Giacomelli to vice president in its securitisation and structured solutions team. Giacomelli is based in Milan and joined Akros in 2020 after two years as an analyst in the securitisation structuring and origination division at RBS. Prior to that, she spent a year and half at NatWest.