BMO Capital Markets Corporate Banking has appointed Michael Orphanides as Head of its Asset & Wealth Management vertical within its Financial Institutions Group (FIG). Michael will be leading a growing team of industry experts to build and develop long-term relationships across Funds & Asset Managers by broadening its financing capabilities and deepening its penetration across its Capital Markets solutions, an area of continued focus for the group, particularly in the U.S.

Prior to joining BMO, Michael spent almost 15 years at Barclays, covering a number of different roles across Coverage and Credit, focused on Bank and Non-Bank Financial Institutions both in London and New York. Michael was responsible for establishing and building the Subscription/Capital Call financing capabilities and coverage of private equity/alternative asset managers in Europe and the U.S. More recently he was the Head of the FIG Americas Corporate Banking team, where he built a strong coverage team covering all verticals within the FIG franchise, delivering global product across the Barclays Corporate & Investment Banking platform.