HSBC has made changes to its European debt capital markets syndicate team, which see the promotion of Antoine de Courten and Shade Sharaka, according to an internal memo seen by IFR.
De Courten has been promoted to head of emerging markets DCM syndicate Europe and Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, taking over the emerging markets responsibilities of Souhail Mahjour, who is currently on a sabbatical according to sources. De Courten will be supported by Gavriel Shaya.
Sharaka has been promoted to head of sovereign, supranational and agency DCM syndicate, across G3 currencies. She is supported by Amy Greenwood, and will work closely with Asif Sherani in his capacity as head of public sector DCM. Sharaka joined HSBC in 2018 to work on the bank's SSA desk.
Mark Pearce continues to head HSBC's FIG syndicate desk in Europe, supported by Sharim Saeed, who moved from the EMTN desk earlier this year.
James Cunniffe heads corporate and structured syndicate in Europe. He will work closely with the European corporate DCM origination and UK DCM origination teams, which were reshuffled in June this year. That reshuffle saw Ingo Nolden and Flavio Fabbrizi take the lead of HSBC's European corporate DCM franchise while retaining their existing responsibilities. Dominic Kerr and Hugo Moore took charge of the bank's UK DCM, running DCM coverage of UK and non-EEA corporate and FIG clients in the region, taking responsibility for covering non-European clients that require coverage from Europe.
In addition to his responsibilities for corporates, Cunniffe will continue to oversee the execution of structured and ABS issuance. He will be supported by Elena Garcia Hernandez and Chirag Pandya.
They all report to Sherani, head of DCM syndicate, Europe and MENAT and head of public sector DCM.
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