Helge Weiner-Trapness was appointed head of the bank’s financial institutions group. He joins from Asia Pacific Land, where he was group managing director and chief operating officer.

Steven Sun was appointed chairman, focusing on building the firm’s financial institutions franchise. He has been head of the financial institutions group since February 2009.

Jorge Munoz and Marco Schwartz were appointed co-heads of equity capital markets for the Asia Pacific region.

Munoz was previously head of equity syndicate for the region at Deutsche Bank AG.

Schwartz is transferring to Hong Kong from London, where he was Barclays Capital’s head of equity capital markets for financial institutions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Randy Gelber was appointed head of technology for the Asia Pacific region. He joins the bank from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was head of the Asia technology group.

In this role, Hong will oversee Credit Suisse’s private banking franchise in Hong Kong, focusing on driving client delivery and service.

Hong was most recently at UBS Global Asset Management, where he was the chairman of Greater China from 2004 to 2009.

Li will be responsible for the development of the bank’s consumer finance business.

Sloan will assume leadership of the company’s brand, reputation management, stakeholder engagement and people development efforts.

With more than 25 years of experience in corporate, commercial and real estate banking, Sloan has served most recently as an executive vice president and Wells Fargo’s head of commercial banking, real estate and specialized financial services, a role he assumed in 2006. In that role, he oversaw operations within the wholesale banking group that provided credit and non-credit products and services to customers worldwide. -Business Wire

Kawano will be responsible for the management of the firm’s investment banking activities in Japan.

Kawano joins from Lazard, where he held the position of chairman of Japanese investment banking. Prior to Lazard, he was with JP Morgan from 2002 to 2007, where his responsibilities included vice chairman of JP Morgan Asia Pacific and country head (president and CEO) and head of investment banking group at JP Morgan Securities Japan. -Datamonitor NewsWire

Hajarnavis joins from Goldman Sachs.

Morzaria succeeds Paul Compton, who has been appointed chief administrative officer of its investment-banking business.

Morzaria joined JP Morgan in 2004 and was controller of investment-banking business. -Wall Street Journal Abstracts

Weir is to lead the group serving wealthy families and will also serve as vice chairman of the institutional clients group in EMEA at Citi.

Additionally, Luigi Pigorini, currently global head of investment finance for Citi Private Bank, was appointed chief executive of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, replacing Weir.

Pigorini, who has worked at Citi for 23 years, rejoined the private banking unit in 2009, having served as regional manager in Italy, Spain and Portugal earlier in his career.

Both Weir and Pigorini will report to Jane Fraser, chief executive of Citi Private Bank.

Both Zable and Roth will join Biren Amin, director and co-head of WJB healthcare strategy, to focus on medical devices, diagnostics and equipment.

Prior to joining the company, Zable was a managing director at Natixis Bleichroeder, where he ultimately led the U.S. Healthcare effort with a focus on medical equipment, devices and diagnostics.

Prior to joining the company, Roth was part of the Natixis Bleichroeder healthcare team, where he focused on the medical devices, diagnostics and equipment, industry. -PR Newswire

Feltes, widely acclaimed by introducing brokers (IBs), institutions and commercial agricultural market participants for his comprehensive analysis of, and commentary on, grain and oilseed markets, will focus on research tailored to meet the needs of the firm’s clients.

Feltes previously served as senior vice president and director of commodity research at MF Global, after joining its predecessor firm in 2005. -PR Newswire

Paul Fahey has been appointed director of global product management and development. Fahey joins from the investor services unit of State Street Bank & Trust Company in Boston where he was global product manager.

Marc Mallett has been appointed global head of client conversions, investment operations outsourcing.

Fiona Horsewill has been appointed global head of PMO/architecture strategy. Horsewill joins from Lehman Brothers where she was head of investment management operations for Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Mark Herraman has been appointed head of investment operations outsourcing client service, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Herraman joins from Henderson Global Investors where he was director of third party administration.

In addition, Northern Trust recently expanded its GFS team in North America with Matthew Ward being named head of fund administration-North America. Ward will oversee fund accounting and related services. -Business Wire

In the new role, Pascucci will be responsible for directing the alternative investments business, which includes hedge funds, managed futures, private equity and real estate investments. He will report to Mike Perry, head of wealth management advice and platforms at UBS.

Pascucci comes from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where he was the chief investment officer for the firm’s alternative investments business.

In his new role, Vinci will oversee the development of product management and strategy for BNY Mellon broker-dealer services, focused on tri-party, derivatives and exchange collateral management, and clearance product sets.

Demko, who will relocate to London, will serve as the senior business manager for the EMEA region while continuing in his current role as head of global sales. He joined BNY Mellon in 1985, and was most recently head of global sales for BNY Mellon broker-dealer services.

Johnson will manage the new PIMCO CommoditiesPLUS Short Strategy Fund, which provides investors short exposure to a broad commodity index tracking prices for energy, metals, livestock and agriculture, an exposure to the inverse return of the broad commodities market as represented by the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return combined with an actively managed fixed income portfolio. -Datamonitor NewsWire

Gannon has 14 years of investment banking experience focusing on the resources sector. Most recently he was the head of the natural resources group for Macquarie Bank based in Europe.

Deutsche Bank AG also announced that Brigadier General (Ret.) Michael P. Fleming has joined the firm as a managing director and head of the global business services (GBS) center.

Fleming will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and spearheading the development, communications and implementation of growth strategies, policies and financial objectives. He is based in Jacksonville and reports to Arindam Banerrji, global head of GBS Service Centers.

With more than 30 years of service in the armed forces, Fleming has served in numerous leadership positions most recently as the chief executive officer of the Florida Army National Guard. -Business Wire

Deutsche Bank AG also announced that Ulf Vokurka has been appointed to the new position of chief country officer of Deutsche Bank in Kazakhstan, effective September 1, 2010. He will be based in Almaty.

Vokurka is currently a member of the boards of directors in a number of Kazakh companies.

Eyles is a former head of global commodities strategic trading in London.

Rozenberg, 39, will be responsible for advancing the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) risk management policies and practices. He will be based in New York and will report to Tim Doar, managing director, risk management.

Rozenberg joins CME Group from SuperDerivatives, where he served as product manager, credit derivatives and acting head of quantitative analytics, and led the development of the company’s credit derivatives pricing and analytics platform. He has significant experience working for the financial engineering arms of three major OTC dealers: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. -PR Newswire

Aulsebrook will provide senior level financial restructuring and other corporate finance advisory services to clients principally in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Aulsebrook has extensive mergers and acquisitions and broader corporate finance advisory experience gained in a career spanning nearly 30 years in European investment banking. He joins Moelis from Close Brothers Corporate Finance (recently renamed DC Advisory Partners) and previously worked at Hill Samuel and Bankers Trust. He has built an extensive network of relationships in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East across leading corporations, banks, hedge funds, other principal funds and private equity investors through his work on mergers and acquisitions and financial restructuring transactions. -Business Wire

DelPonti will focus on providing strategy, operations and risk management services to mortgage banking clients.

Prior to re-joining Navigant, where he was previously a managing director, DelPonti was the founder and CEO of an integrated mortgage company which purchased distressed residential mortgage loans. He was also a fully licensed specialty servicer and originator of residential loans. -Business Wire

Raabe joins Weeden from Sector & Sovereign Research, where he was a co-founder and director of institutional sales. He spent over a decade with GE Capital and IBM Global Finance in roles that spanned M&A, risk management and audit. He also spent 8 years with Sanford C. Bernstein in institutional research sales, managing a roster of relationships, recruiting and training the sales staff, and acting as a member of the recommendation review committee. He was also head of sales at Empirical Research, responsible for the domestic and international client base. -Business Wire

Gootkind will be responsible for ensuring that research is effectively and efficiently developed and delivered into the investment process.

Most recently, Gootkind was an associate partner and credit portfolio manager at Wellington, where he initially joined as director of credit research in 2006. -Business Wire

Jacobstein will concentrate his efforts on real estate operating companies and service organizations and will lead the firm’s board search practice.

A highly respected real estate executive, Jacobstein joins Crown after having been senior advisor to Deloitte’s real estate group, president and chief operating officer of Developers Diversified Realty Corp. and vice chairman and chief operating officer of Wilmorite. -PR Newswire

Van Ooijen is responsible for all asset servicing business development, sales and client activities across the Netherlands and will also serve as the primary contact for the regulators.

Van Ooijen, who joined the company in 2004, was previously head of Northern Trust’s Dutch relationship management team. -Hedgeweek

Benson brings to the position 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, including service as CEO of AutoOne Insurance, CEO of the Home State Insurance Group, president and CEO of Charter Insurance Companies, and several senior roles with Skandia, Republic Insurance and AEGON. -Business Wire

Agarwal, who has more than 11-years of financial services experience, has joined from Edelweiss Capital where he was involved in a large number of fund-raising exercises and structuring innovative products. -Asia Pulse