Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired three people in hedge fund sales in London, all at director level.
Ville Niiranen and Shailen Popat are joining DrKW’s Liquid Market Sales Group. Niiranen rejoins the bank, having previously worked within the same group before leaving for BNP Paribas last year. Popat joins in May from Societe Generale, with 11 years’ experience in both trading and sales. Both will report to Angela Osborne, Global Hedge Fund Sales Coordinator and Charles Matterson, European Head of Liquid Product Sales.
Roger Allen recently joined the bank as Head of FX Hedge Fund Sales. He was previously at AIG and brings over 20 years’ FX experience, including 14 years of working with hedge funds. He reports to Christian Exshaw, European Head of FX Sales.
Matthew Tricks and Clive Emery are due to join DrKW in May. Tricks rejoins the bank following a short spell at CSFB and Emery joins from Merrill Lynch. Both will report to David Cooke, Head of Hedge Fund Sales for Equities.
Sophie Granchi will join DrKW’s Equity Derivatives Flow Sales Group in May with a brief to recruit hedge fund clients. For the last three years she was head of the Listed Equity Derivative Desk at BNP Paribas where her focus was primarily on hedge funds. Granchi will report to Zach Tuckwell, Managing Director, European Flow Derivatives Sales.
“Taken together these hires represent a significant strengthening of our platform focusing on the hedge fund community and are a sign of our commitment to this growing and important client base,” says Angela Osborne.