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May 12 (Reuters) - Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, unit ofLloyds Banking Group Plc, appointed Michael Zentz andYomi Akinyemi to its U.S. financial institutions team in NewYork.
Zentz joins as senior vice president, specializing in banks.Prior to joining Lloyds Bank, Zentz was a trader at CRT CapitalGroup and had also worked with UBS Group AG for eightyears.
Akinyemi recently joined the North America team as vicepresident specializing in funds. He joins from the London officewhere he has held a number of roles in funds, transactionexecution and industrials. Prior to joining Lloyds Bank Akinyemispent four years at Barclays Plc.
Lloyds Bank also promoted Seb Kafetz as head of NorthAmerican insurance coverage from senior vice president in the US financial institutions insurance team. (Reporting by Neha Dimri in Bengaluru)
