The agency lending team at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has made new appointments on the trading side, with two former Deutsche Bank colleagues of Tim Smollen re-joining him at the firm.
Thomas Ryan joins as a Vice President in New York, where he will head up the US Equity and Corporate agency lending desk, reporting to Anthony Toscano, head of US trading.
James Aris joins the London based agency lending desk as a Vice President, where he will be responsible for lending international equities to UK and European counterparts. Aris reports into Holger Genuneit, DrKW’s head of the international equity trading team based in Frankfurt.
Commenting on the appointment, David Martocci, Global Co-Head of the Business said: “We are extremely pleased to welcome both Tom and Jim to our team and expect both will play key roles as we continue to expand our equity lending business.”