Deutsche Bank strengthens Institutional Client Group in North America

Mitch Braselton and Matthew O’Connor join as Managing Directors in New York

Deutsche Bank announced that Mitch Braselton and Matthew O’Connor have joined as Managing Directors in the Institutional Client Group, Debt, in North America. Both Braselton and O’Connor are based in New York.

Braselton will report to Stefan Hoops, Head of Structured Product Sales in North America. He joined from Garrison Investment Group, where he was a managing director focused on business development for financial institutions. Prior to Garrison, he spent four years at Morgan Stanley, where he was co-head of structured credit sales in North America. Previously, he spent six years at Bank of America, where he was head of structured product distribution for Europe.

O’Connor will focus on commodity investor sales and report to Joshua Sadler, Head of Commodity Investor Sales in North America. O’Connor joined the Bank from RBS Sempra, where he was a managing director and head of investor sales. Prior to RBS Sempra, he worked at Citigroup as a director and head of U.S. commodity investor sales. Previously he spent nine years at Lehman Brothers, most recently as senior vice president and head of commodity structured sales.

“We are delighted to welcome Mitch and Matt to our team as we continue to expand to accommodate increasing client demand for our industry-leading* fixed income products,” said Lou Jaffe, Managing Director and Head of the Institutional Client Group, Debt in the Americas.

Earlier this year, the Bank hired Casey Talbot as a Managing Director and Head of High Grade Credit Sales and Co-Head of Credit Sales within the Markets division.

*Deutsche Bank was recently named the #1 US fixed-income firm in terms of market share by Greenwich Associates.

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