StanChart Unveils Sales and Trading Hires

Standard Chartered has appointed sales and trading personnel to boost coverage for Americas clients with trade and investment in its core markets of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Two ex-Lehman bankers join former colleague Mohammed Grimeh, head of global markets for the Americas at Standard Chartered. The bank has tapped Michele Nicoletta as head of credit trading, Americas. She was most recently head of EM credit trading at Barclays in New York, and prior to that, at Lehman. John Buchanan was appointed director of credit trading from Barclays, where he ran the EM hybrid and structured credit book. Jean-Yves Amouroux was hired as a senior trader, structured products and exotics from Nomura. In sales, Harvey Black was appointed head of investor sales for the Americas. He was previously at Forum Asset Management and before that, head of EM sales at Bank of America. And Hugo Faria has joined as head of structuring for Americas. He was most recently with UBS, where he was head of EM structuring for the Americas. Meanwhile, EM distribution specialist Marcy Swank has joined as a director in credit sales. And Nilson Strazzi has joined Standard Chartered as head of LatAm banks sales, also from Barclays. In capital markets, Alexis Lasser joined from Barclays as head of illiquid and private placements, with a mandate to drive growth in private capital market transactions. She is also ex-Lehman. And EM expert Russell Ashcraft has joined as head of US bond syndicate, focusing on cross-border bond business. He was previously at RBS.