DrKW hires six in hedge fund sales

Roger Allen recently took on the role of head of foreign exchange hedge fund sales, bringing 20 years of foreign exchange and 14 years of hedge funds experience with him to the role. He was most recently at AIG and reports to European head of foreign exchange sales Christian Exshaw.

In the equities absolute returns group the bank has made two hires, both starting in May. Matthew Tricks returns to DrKW having left at the end of last year to join Credit Suisse First Boston. Clive Emery joins from Merrill Lynch. They will report to David Cooke, head of hedge fund sales for equities.

Meanwhile, Sophie Granchi joins the equity derivatives flow sales group, targeting hedge fund clients. She joins from BNP Paribas, where she spent three years as head of the listed equity derivatives desk. She reports to Zach Tuckwell, managing director of European flow derivatives sales.