Lloyds TSB hires leveraged credit director

Paul Osment has joined Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets as director of leveraged credit sales, covering both bonds and leveraged loans. In this newly-created role he will be based in London and reports to Martin Bates, head of capital markets sales.

Osment most recently worked as director of credit sales at Evolution Securities, a position he held for around a year until he left in March this year. From 2008 to 2009 he was director in fixed income international sales at Erste Group Bank, having