Trio of hires bolster Deutsche Bank’s Midwest M&A

by Richard Kilner

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Deutsche Bank has announced a number of senior appointments designed to bolster its mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance coverage in America’s Midwest region.

On 26 August of this year, Randy Kurtz will join the Global Banking division, appointed as managing director and head of corporate finance coverage for the Midwest.

He joins the firm from Credit Suisse, leaving behind his post as co-chief of Diversified Industrials.

Kurtz’s role will be Chicago-based, and he is to be directly responsible to Jacques Brand and Jim DeNaut, co-head of global industry coverage and leader of global banking Americas respectively.

In the Mergers and Acquisitions group, Frank Oelerich has been hired as managing director and Midwest M&A chief.

Oelerich joins from Morgan Stanley, where he has spent the last 25 years, most recently serving as managing director for M&A in the Midwest.

Like Kurtz, he will be based in Chicago, but will report to Jean Manas, head of M&A Americas.

Charles Denison, presently head of Midwest coverage and co-leader of the Industrials group, is to become chairman of global banking in the Midwest.

In his new role, Denison is to report to Jim DeNaut.

He brings more than two decades of experience to his new position, and has built up a depth of understanding with Deutsche Bank’s Midwest clientele.