Deutsche Bank has named Sean Duff as a director in the capital introduction group, based in Chicago and Zachary Rubin as a director in global prime finance sales, based in New York.

Mr Duff joins with 16 years of industry experience. Most recently, he was head of business development at Onex Credit Partners, prior to that he worked at Merrill Lynch as director of business development for the company’s hedge fund development and management group. Earlier in his career, Mr Duff was director of alternative investments for SAC Capital Advisors

Mr Rubin joins from Morgan Stanley, where he spent five years, most recently as an executive director in equity financing services. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs as a convertibles trader.

Both Mr Duff and Mr Rubin will report to Scott Carter, MD and head of global prime finance sales and capital introduction in North America.

Mr Carter said: “We are thrilled to welcome Sean and Zach to our market-leading team. Sean’s deep industry experience will be an asset to our growing client base in the Midwest, and Zach’s sales and trading experience will complement the team in New York as we continue to increase our client base on a global basis.”