Kepler Cheuvreux has made two new credit sales hires, marking an expansion of its fixed income franchise across EMEA.
Maria Giulia Catania and Tommaso Manzone have joined the firm, set to work in senior credit sales and credit sales roles respectively.
Both will be based out of London in their new positions and work across Kepler Cheuvreux’s fixed income EMEA clients, with a particular focus on Italian-based and Italian-speaking accounts.
Catania and Manzone will also work alongside the firm’s fixed income teams based in Paris, Geneva and Stockholm.
Speaking to The TRADE, Jean-Pierre Ané, deputy chief executive, in charge of business development at Kepler Cheuvreux, said: “Beyond individual expertise, these appointments reinforce a collaborative, pan-European credit sales platform designed to deliver liquidity, insight, and consistency to clients.”
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Catania brings more than a decade of industry experience working across rates and credit for Italian clients to her new role. She joins the firm from trade finance-focused fintech, Tradeteq, where she worked as a structured sales manager for two years.
Prior to this, she spent nearly ten years at Jefferies, initially covering Italy rates sales, before taking on a role in credit sales, Italy coverage.
She has also previously served at Barclays, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
In addition, Manzone joins Kepler Cheuvreux from IlliquidX, where he worked in capital markets sales across distressed debt, non-performing loans and emerging markets credit.
Previously in his career, he spent four years at Bloomberg, working across sales and account management and covering Italian clients.