Bank of America hires credit and forex trading heads

Bank of America has hired three senior managers for its London-based global markets team, including new heads of European credit trading and global forex options correlation trading.

Charlie Cho has joined the bank as managing director and head of European credit spread trading. He was formerly co-head of credit trading for cash and credit derivatives at CSFB. At Bank of America, he will report to Jonathan Mould, international head of global markets, and to Michael Meyer and Srini Dhulipala, co-heads of global credit trading in the US.

Elsewhere, Simon Mainwaring has joined as principal and global head of foreign exchange options correlation trading from JP Morgan, where he was vice-president of currency options. He will report to Bank of America's global head of foreign exchange options, Mark Mullet, who is based in New York.

Anthony Brennan has also joined the bank as managing director responsible for European, Middle Eastern and Asian loan capital markets.