U.S. Bank appointed Marcus Martin managing director and head of environmental, social and governance for its fixed income and capital markets business. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for expanding the bank’s sustainable capital markets activities. Additionally, as head of ESG, Martin will support and strengthen U.S. Bank diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the fixed income and capital markets business to help attract and retain a talented and more diverse workforce to better serve clients.
“We are very pleased to welcome Marcus to his new role as head of ESG. Helping issuers and investors better manage their ESG efforts with a greater array of sustainable finance solutions is important to clients and aligns with our values and ESG objectives,” Stephen Philipson, head of fixed income and capital markets of U.S. Bank, said. “With his depth of market expertise, dynamic leadership skills and proven track record of developing value-added winning strategies for clients, Marcus will be a significant contributor to U.S. Bank.”
Martin joined U.S. Bank with 20 years of industry experience in institutional and entrepreneurial settings. Martin served as CEO and founder of Global Oak Capital Markets for the past six years. Prior to Global Oak, he held a number of senior leadership and management positions across trading and banking with Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch in London and Moscow. He began his career at UBS Investment Bank in New York.
