OREANDA-NEWS. On July 05, 2007 UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking announced the appointment of Mike Hammond as Head of Capital Markets and Member of the Operating Committee of UniCredit Markets and Investment Banking, reported the press-centre of  HypoVereinsbank.

He will report to Edoardo Spezzotti and Theodor Weimer, Co-Heads of Global Investment Banking. Mike will join UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking on August 16th, 2007. He will be responsible for the group?s capital markets origination effort across the Investment Banking activities of Unicredit Group. In this key strategic role, he will focus on leveraging UniCredit's key Investment Banking relationships with issuer clients and developing the synergies across the capital markets groups.

Mike joins from Merrill Lynch where he was Head of Equity-Linked Capital Markets and Origination for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Head of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa Equity Capital Markets and Origination.

Prior to this he was Head of the Financing Products and Solutions Group which comprised Corporate Finance, Corporate Equity Derivatives, Commodities Origination, Ratings Advisory and Product Development. Previously he was Head of the Global Equity Clients Group which encompassed all equity and equity-linked sales and distribution for Merrill Lynch globally. Mike joined Merrill Lynch in New York in 1997, having previously worked at UBS in the US.

Edoardo Spezzotti and Theodor Weimer comment: "We are delighted to have Mike Hammond leading Capital Markets. His strong international background and excellent market contacts will be extremely valuable for the further development of UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking."

About UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking
UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking is a division of UniCredit Group bundling the investment banking activities of HypoVereinsbank (HVB; including activities of former UniCredit Banca Mobiliare), Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) and Creditanstalt Investmentbank (CA IB) under one brand.

UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking maintains the largest network of all investment banks on the European continent and combines placement power with capital markets expertise in the major markets as well as in the fast growing European emerging markets.