Imperial Capital, LLC (“Imperial Capital”), announced today the continued growth of its dedicated Emerging Markets Sales and Trading Group with the hiring of senior sales professional, Erik Hammes.  Erik joins Imperial Capital in Stamford, CT where the Company has been adding key credit sales and trading talent over the past year.  Erik will report to James Kenney and Matt Clinton who joined Imperial Capital in November 2019 to co-head its Global Emerging Markets Sales & Trading Group.

"We are building an incredibly strong credit sales & trading team with years of experience across the asset classes and Erik joining us will allow our team to further provide our clients with emerging markets trading ideas,” said Tim Sullivan, President of Imperial Capital, LLC.

Erik Hammes joins Imperial as a Managing Director with over 23 years of credit sales and trading experience.  Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Hammes was a Director, Emerging Markets Credit Trader with Stifel.  Prior to this, he was with JPMorgan for 15 years, most recently as an Executive Director, Emerging Markets Credit Trader.  Mr. Hammes began his career in High Grade Trading with Bear Stearns.  Mr. Hammes earned an MBA from NYU and a BA from Georgetown University.

“Having worked with Erik in the past, I am very glad to have him on the team.  Adding quality hires in Emerging Markets is a key part of our growth strategy,” said James Kenny, Global Co-Head of Emerging Markets Sales & Trading.