EFG Hermes taps Christopher Laing to lead equity capital markets

Our friends at EFG Hermes have appointed HSBC and Deutsche Bank veteran Christopher Laing (LinkedIn) as head of equity capital markets, based out of Dubai, Bloomberg reports. Laing succeeds Ali Khalpey, who recently left his role to join Cantor Fitzgerald.

Laing has nearly 30 years of capital-markets experience, having held senior roles at Deutsche Bank and HSBC. At Deutsche Bank he led emerging-markets ECM before joining HSBC to head its ECM operations.