Merrill Lynch Appoints John Crompton MD And Head Of Equity Capital Markets EMEA

Merrill Lynch has appointed John Crompton as managing director and head of Equity Capital Markets (ECM) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Crompton joins from Morgan Stanley, where his roles since 1986 have included co head of European Equity

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Merrill Lynch has appointed John Crompton as managing director and head of Equity Capital Markets (ECM) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Crompton joins from Morgan Stanley, where his roles since 1986 have included co-head of European Equity Capital Markets and head of the client solutions group within Global Capital Markets. Since September 2005, he has been on secondment to Her Majesty’s Treasury as its senior corporate finance advisor.

Crompton will report to Andrea Orcel, the president of EMEA Global Markets & Investment Banking and head of Global Financial Institutions, as well as to Jim Birle, the global head of ECM, and will work closely alongside Rupert Hume-Kendall, the chairman of EMEA ECM and vice chairman of EMEA Investment Banking.

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