Wilmington Trust hired Ali Naqvi as a director of business development in the Global Capital Markets division. He will work to expand M&A escrow and paying agency services to corporate clients and law firms in the Western U.S. Naqvi is based in the company’s office in Costa Mesa, CA.

Naqvi comes to Wilmington Trust from Deutsche Bank, where he was vice president in the Global Transaction Banking group, focusing on corporate trust growth in the Western states. Prior to that, he was vice president in the U.S. Equity Services group at Computershare in New York, where he streamlined corporate trust sales and due diligence processes. Naqvi started his career in corporate trust at JPMorgan, where he spent several years in the Treasury and Securities group.

“Ali has built a strong reputation in the industry exceeding the needs of customers related to M&A services and other corporate escrow transactions,” said Patrick Trainor, senior vice president and sales manager of Global Capital Markets. “Ali will work in close collaboration with John Deleray, our veteran director of business development, to onboard clients, help them close their transactions on time, and develop solutions to new product types and transactions.”