Espirito Santo Americas Head Joins SMBC

Carl Adams has joined Sumitomo Mitsui (SMBC), where he is heading its LatAm operation, according to people familiar with the matter. He started last week, after leaving Espirito Santo, where he had been head of structured finance, project finance and origination for the Americas since 2008. Damian Polla is to fill Adams’ role at Espirito Santo.