Jefferies, a global securities and investment banking group, has appointed Benjamin Lorello as global head of investment banking and capital markets. In this new role, Mr Lorello will be responsible for the management of the firm’s global investment banking and capital markets operations.
Jefferies has said that Mr Lorello has over 32 years of investment banking experience on Wall Street. Prior to joining Jefferies as chairman of investment banking in July of this year, he was employed by UBS for over 10 years, where he served as vice chairman and global head of healthcare investment banking.
Richard Handler, chairman and CEO of Jefferies, said: “Since joining our firm as chairman of investment banking in July, he has already made a significant contribution to our business, bringing best practices as well as important clients to Jefferies. We look forward to Mr. Lorello making an even greater contribution in this new role, accelerating our growth and market share in investment banking and capital markets.”
