Deutsche Bank Names New Co-Heads of EMEA Financial Sponsors M&A

Deutsche Bank AG named Alec Pratt and Simon Schneider as co-heads of financial sponsors M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The pair will report to William Mansfield, head of M&A for EMEA at the German bank, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News. Pratt will remain based in London and Schneider will continue to be based in Frankfurt.

Pratt had worked at British boutique investment bank Numis Corp. — which was acquired by Deutsche Bank last year — since 2019, and before that spent 11 years at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He has most recently ...