NEW YORK, April 8, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- MUFG announced it has strengthened its
international institutional sales team with the appointment of
Paul Lavelle as International Head
of Institutional Client Group.
Paul joined Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc (MUSI),
a member of MUFG, on Monday, 4 April
2016. He will be based in London and report to Geoff Coley, International Business Head at
MUSHD, based in New York, and
David King, CEO of MUSI.
Paul has over 25 years of experience in the financial services
industry, and significant sales and trading experience in both buy
and sell-side. He joins MUFG from RBS where he was Head of EMEA
Relationship Management, responsible for managing and developing
all relationships with institutional clients across all product
suites. Prior to RBS, Paul had spent eighteen years with Fidelity
Investments, where he was Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of
International Trading.
Geoff Coley said: "Paul's
appointment reflects MUFG's commitment to further developing its
institutional business. With his deep experience in the industry,
he will play a key role in building client relationships across our
international securities business and ensuring we continue to put
clients at the heart of all we do."
About MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the
world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of
history, MUFG is a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40
countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees and about 300
entities, offering services including commercial banking, trust
banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset
management, and leasing. The Group's operating companies include
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking
Corporation (Japan's leading trust
bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of
Japan's largest securities
firms.
Through close partnerships among our operating companies, the
Group aims to "be the world's most trusted financial group",
flexibly responding to all of the financial needs of our customers,
serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a
better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New
York (NYSE: MTU) stock exchanges.
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd. (MUSHD) is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
(MUFG). The company conducts securities business in Japan through its domestic subsidiary
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. and
internationally through its overseas subsidiaries Mitsubishi UFJ
Securities International plc, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
(USA), Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ
Securities (HK), Limited, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
(Singapore), Limited. Through
these subsidiaries the company provides financial products and
integrated advice to both its own clients and those of the MUFG
Group.
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