Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.) announced that Christopher T. Bae and Thomas S.B. Gillie will join the company as managing directors and co-heads of global foreign exchange options. They will join the company in October, reporting to Chris Vogel, head of G10 currency trading. Bae joins from Goldman Sachs where he worked for 10 years, most recently as managing director in the equity derivatives trading group. Gillie, with more than 14 years of experience in options trading, joins from Credit Suisse where he worked for more than 10 years.
The Indian unit of Merrill Lynch has hired a director for its equity team. The bank said that it has hired Farokh Pandole from Citigroup as a director of its equity sales team.
Effective as of August 13, 2009, Paul Morton resigned as a chief executive officer and president of the Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments and resigned as a member of the board of managers. Effective as of August 13, 2009, Thomas W. Lee resigned as a vice president and resigned as a member of the manager’s board of managers. Effective as of August 13, 2009, Justin C. Ferri became the chief executive officer and president. Justin C. Ferri, 34 years old, has been a vice president and a member of the board of managers since June 13, 2008 and has been registered with the NFA as a principal since July 29, 2008. Justin C. Ferri continues to serve as a member of the board of managers, a position which he held prior to his appointment as the chief executive officer and president. Effective as of August 13, 2009, Deann Morgan became a member of the board of managers. Deann Morgan, 40 years old, has been a vice president and managing director of global investment solutions, heading alternative investments origination for Merrill Lynch’s global wealth & investment management group since March 2008. Deann Morgan continues to serve as a vice president, a position which she held prior to her appointment as a member of the manager’s board of managers. -PR Newswire / SEC Form 8k
Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that Benjamin Perkins will join the firm as managing director of life sciences investment banking. Perkins, who will be based in San Francisco, will report to Charles Ditkoff, managing director and head of Americas healthcare corporate and investment banking. Perkins was recently managing director and head of life sciences investment banking for Pacific Growth Equities in San Francisco, where he provided extensive strategic advice 
Thomas Raymond of Darien has been promoted to first vice president of investments at the Greenwich office of Merrill Lynch. Raymond will focus on helping wealthy families and senior executives manage their finances and investments. Raymond has been a part of Merrill Lynch’s Greenwich office for eight years. He is a wealth management adviser, a portfolio manager in the personal investment advisory program 
Merrill Lynch announced that Bryan Weadock will join the company’s global markets group as head of Americas fixed income sales in July 2009. Weadock was most recently head of investor client management at JP Morgan Chase in New York. He will report to Mike Meyer, global head of sales for the global markets platform. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is a leader in both new issuance and secondary market trading of fixed income products, including corporate bonds, syndicated loans, municipal financing, asset- and mortgage-backed products, rates, currencies 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced that Steven J. Niemczyk will join the company’s global corporate & investment banking business as global head of asset management investment banking in June 2009. 
Merrill Lynch announced that Richard Bernstein, chief investment strategist and head of Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s investment strategy group, as well as David Rosenberg, the firm’s chief economist, are leaving. Rosenberg is leaving because of what the firm calls family issues of a personal nature and Bernstein is leaving to pursue a career on the buyside. Bernstein has been with Merrill as a sell-side strategist for 20 years 
Merrill Lynch has appointed Larry Schwartz as the new vice president of investments and financial advisor in its Chicago Loop office. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Schwartz was most recently with UBS for 18 years and previously with its predecessor firm Kidder, Peabody & Company, as well as Morgan Stanley 
Merrill Lynch announced that the Singapore-based chief Asia strategist, Mark Matthews, reportedly left the company. Other recent high-profile departures include Robert McCann and Greg Margolies. McCann was vice chairman and president of the prized global wealth management division at Merrill. Margolies joined Ares Management as a senior partner and head of its capital markets group. At Merrill, he was a managing director, head of global leveraged finance and capital commitments 
Merrill Lynch announced that Greg Fleming, the head of investment banking has quit his post. His departure comes three days after Robert McCann, head of Merrill Lynch’s 16,000 financial advisers, resigned. Fleming was president and chief operating officer of Merrill Lynch, 
Bank of America and Merrill Lync announced that Merrill’s Andrea Orcel, head of global origination and president of Europe, Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, global markets and investment banking, will become president of the combined banks’ global banking, securities 
Merrill Lynch head of investment banking for all of Asia, Damian Chunilal, has left the company, the second top level shake-up in the last two months at Merrill’s Asia group. Sheldon Trainor, Merrill’s head of Asia investment banking, excluding Japan and Australia, stepped down from day-to-day responsibilities of the division in September to assume a new role. Trainor reported to Chunilal before 
Merrill Lynch has appointed James Chapman as director and head of Asia power investment banking along with a five-member team, all previously from Lehman Brothers. James and team will bring significant advisory 
Merrill Lynch announced that George H. Young (Woody) III has joined Merrill Lynch as global head of technology, media 
Effective September 8, 2008, Gary Carlin, 51, has been appointed chief accounting officer of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Carlin will undertake this role in addition to his current responsibilities as corporate controller, a position which he has held since May 2007.
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that Dick Barrett and Mark Ellman will be joining Merrill Lynch as vice chairmen, based in New York and reporting to 
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that Michael Nierenberg from JP Morgan will be joining the firm to head global mortgages and securitized products businesses, and that James De Mare from Citigroup will also be joining to run the company’s mortgage trading operations. Mr. Nierenberg will report directly to Thomas K. Montag, head of global sales and trading, 
Chris Augustin joined Merrill Lynch & Co. as chief investment officer. Augustin was CIO and global head of capital markets and banking technology at Citigroup. At Merrill, he reports to Thomas Sanzone, who was named executive vice president and chief administrative officer after leaving 
Effective as of August 1, 2008, Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments announced that Shawn T. Wells resigned as a vice president.-SEC Form 8k 
Fotis Hasiotis and Philip Noblet were appointed co-heads of Merrill Lynch & Co.’s EMEA financial sponsors group. Hasiotis will relocate from New York to London. Noblet was deputy head of European mergers and acquisitions and head of M&A for EMEA financial sponsors. Also, David Melvin was named chairman of EMEA financial sponsors 
Merrill Lynch has hired a number of project 
Peter Kraus was appointed as executive vice president of Merrill Lynch & Co. Previously he was co-head of the investment management unit at Goldman Sachs.
Merrill Lynch & Co. appointed Hugh Sullivan as head of investment banking, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is also global head of multi industries and will work from Frankfurt and London. Sullivan reports to Andrea Orcel, global head of origination and president of global markets and investment banking. Sullivan joined Merrill in 1997 and replaces Flavio Valeri, who is leaving to work in the Italian banking industry. Sullivan began his investment banking career in the mergers 
Merrill Lynch & Co. named Glen Campbell head of equity research for Canada, following Ihor Danyliuk’s departure. Campbell is based in Toronto and joined Merrill in 1996. He will continue to cover Canadian telecom services stocks 
Merrill Lynch & Co. has appointed Antony Hung as the head of wealth management in Pacific Rim region. Hung, who continues to be a member of the Pacific Rim operating committee, would head Merrill Lynch’s wealth management unit in the Pacific Rim region (Asia 
ML Chesapeake FuturesAccess announced that effective as of June 13, 2008, Steven B. Olgin resigned as vice president of Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments and resigned as a member of its board of managers. Effective as of June 13, 2008, Justin Ferri became vice president of the company. Effective as of June 13, 2008, Justin Ferri became a member of the company’s board of managers. Mr. Ferri is managing director within the MLPF&S structured and alternative solutions group 
Merrill Lynch announced that John R. Tyers will join the firm as president of Broadcort Capital Corp. Mr. Tyers will report to managing director Michael Perry, head of corporate and investment services in the firm’s global wealth management group. Mr. Tyers joins the firm with more than 15 years of experience in financial services, focusing on the investment advisor, brokerage, technology and investment management markets. Most recently, Mr. Tyers served as senior managing director and co-head of Bear Stearns broker dealer and investment advisor services, now part of JPMorgan, where he was responsible for leading and executing the growth strategy 
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that Fares D. Noujaim will be joining the company as president of the firm’s business in the Middle East & North Africa. He will also be the global head of sovereign wealth funds. Mr. Noujaim will be based in the Middle East and New York, and he will report to Gregory J. Fleming, president and chief operating officer of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Noujaim will be joining Merrill Lynch from Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., where he was vice chairman of the board of directors 
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that James B. Quigley has been appointed president of Merrill Lynch for Latin America and Canada. Mr. Quigley will report to Gregory J. Fleming, president 
Merrill Lynch & Co. appointed Jean-Eudes Renier as a managing director in its multi-industries origination business in Europe, Africa 
Merrill Lynch & Co. hired Caroline Silver as vice chairwoman of investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Silver spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently as vice chairman of investment banking. Before that, she was co-head of financial institutions. Silver also worked at Price Waterhouse 
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that Peter S. Kraus has been appointed as executive vice president and a member of the firm’s management committee. Mr. Kraus will report to John A. Thain, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Kraus will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s business strategy and investments; global growth plans and opportunities, 
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that Thomas K. Montag, 51, has been appointed head of global sales and trading. Mr. Montag will report directly to John A. Thain, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch. In his role, Mr. Montag will be responsible for all the firm’s global sales and trading activities across debt 
Merrill Lynch & Co. announced that it has appointed Adriano Borges, adding to an expansion of its origination, advisory and M&A investment banking team begun in March when the firm hired nine best-in-class originators for its Brazilian business. Mr. Borges has left 
Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments announced that effective as of March 27, 2008, Robert D. Ollwerther resigned as the chief executive officer and president, and resigned as a member of the board of managers. Effective as of March 27, 2008, Paul Morton became the chief executive officer and president. He is the chief executive officer of MLAI, and also serves as the COO for the global investment 
Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments announced that on March 14, 2008 Robert D. Ollwerther gave verbal notice to the company regarding his resignation as chief executive officer and president of the company 
Merrill Lynch announced that it has appointed Steven K. Berry head of government relations for the firm. Mr. Berry will report to Margaret D. Tutwiler, senior vice president 