Kepler Cheuvreux has appointed Eva Gripsten to the role of senior credit sales, as part of the firm’s push to expand its fixed income franchise.
Eva Gripsten
Gripsten will be based out of the firm’s Stockholm office in her new role and is set to assume the responsibility for the coverage of Nordic accounts.
Speaking to The TRADE, Stephan Kovarski, head of debt and credit developed markets at Kepler Cheuvreux said: “Eva’s appointment marks the firm’s local expansion into Nordic credit, building on more than 25 years of presence in the region, and reflects our dedication to addressing the needs of investors there.”
Gripsten brings more than two decades of industry experience to her new role, and joins from SEB, where she spent seven years covering real estate debt capital markets origination.
Prior to this, she was a partner at Arctic Securities for five years, working across Nordic institutional accounts spanning investment grade (IG), high yield (HY) and distressed credit.
Previously in her career, she has also worked across commodities and credit sales at firms including Nordea Markets, Natixis and Morgan Stanley.
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Gripsten’s appointment follows similar hires in Kepler Cheuvreux’s fixed income franchise in recent months. In June 2025, the firm named Henri Sinet as senior credit sales in Paris, who joined from Mizuho where he had worked as a credit trader.