George Budd has joined RBC Capital Markets as vice president, equity sales, marking an expansion of the firm’s European equity sales team.
London-based Budd brings almost a decade of experience working across financial markets to his new role, and will report to Lisa Tugwell, head of European SMID equity sales.
He joins the firm from UK investment bank Cavendish, where he spent almost four years, most recently as an associate director working across equity sales.
Previously in his career, he also served as an investment analyst at JP Morgan for more than two years.
He has also worked at firms including Rowan Dartington, ADM Investor Services and Hargreaves Lansdown.
Budd confirmed his new role in an announcement on social media.
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Budd’s appointment marks a further recent hire for RBC in the last few weeks.
Most recently, Imad Frigui joined the firm as head of Continental Europe cash equities sales trading, based out of Paris.
Additionally, the hiring spree has also included the appointment of Malcolm Pratt as a director in EMEA high touch sales in the firm’s London office, as well as Tracey Brown, who joins from ODDO BHF, to serve as a director, EMEA high touch sales trading.