Credit Suisse hires in equity derivatives

Credit Suisse has announced a number of hires in its equity derivatives business.

Jerome Drean joins the Swiss bank in London as managing director and head of European equity derivatives trading, reporting to Simon Yates, London-based global head of equity derivatives. Drean replaces Grant Rippetoe who is relocating to Hong Kong to run trading across the non-Japan Asia equities customer businesses. Drean joins from Bank of America where he was responsible for establishing their European trading platform.

Meanwhile, Alberto Garcia Elias joins Credit Suisse as a managing