Ms Wessels will be based in London and will work closely with Tom Jenkins, who joined Jefferies in March 2010 as a senior credit analyst from RBS.
Ms Wessels has over 14 years of industry experience, most recently at BlueRay Asset Management, where she was a credit analyst for distressed credit. Previously, she was a senior vice president at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin in Washington, DC and London, where she spent 11 years.
In a joint statement, Tim Cronin, global head of Jefferies’ fixed income group, and Jon Pliner, head of Jefferies’ European credit sales and trading, said: “We are pleased to welcome Samantha Wessels to Jefferies. Her significant experience in credit analysis, financial advisory and restructuring will add immediate value to Jefferies’ efforts to serve institutional clients globally.”
