Societe Generale has appointed Jeffrey Mortara as global co-head of equity capital markets, joining Luis Vas Pinto in leading the bank’s ECM objectives.
Based in New York, Mortara will report to Carl Bassili and Bruno Magnouat, co-heads of Societe Generale’s investment banking division within global banking and advisory, and regionally to Guido van Hauwermeiren, head of global bank and advisory for the Americas.
Mortara joins from UBS, where he previously served as global co-head of equity capital markets, leading a team of equity and equity-linked individuals in the US, Europe and Asia.
Before UBS, Mortara served at Deutsche Bank, where he built out the bank’s ECM practice in technology, media and telecoms (TMT) and financial institutions.
While at Deutsche Bank, he also served as head of TMT banking, both in Silicon Valley and in Europe, based London.
“Jeffrey’s appointment comes at an especially opportune time for Societe Generale following the launch of Bernstein and its top-ranked equity research and distribution capabilities which together with Societe Generale’s own strengths creates a powerful and fully integrated equities platform for our clients.” said Anne-Christine Champion, co-head of global banking and investor solutions.
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“Together with their teams, Jeffrey and Luis will offer our clients a deeper and broader scope of equity capital markets advisory, leaning on our strong European footprint.”