Deutsche Bank hires Eri Kakuta for Financial Institutions Group

Deutsche Bank is pleased to announce the latest addition to its Americas Corporate Finance franchise. Eri Kakuta will join the bank as a Managing Director and senior coverage banker to further strengthen the firm's client offering in the financials sector.

Kakuta joins from Goldman Sachs where she was most recently a Managing Director and senior member of the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division.

"A seasoned banker with over 20 years of experience, Eri is a strong addition to our team," said Celeste Guth, Co-Head of Global FIG. "Her track record advising clients on strategic opportunities, particularly relating to cross-border activity with Japanese financial institutions, will be a great asset to our clients globally."

Kakuta's appointment compliments the five previous hires the bank has made in other sectors across FIG. She is also the 16^th Managing Director Americas Corporate Finance has announced it has hired in the US since the beginning of the year.

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Deutsche Bank provides commercial and investment banking, retail banking, transaction banking and asset and wealth management products and services to corporations, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private individuals. Deutsche Bank is Germany's leading bank, with a strong position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific.

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