Eri Kakuta will join Deutsche Bank as a managing director and senior coverage banker to further strengthen the firm’s client offering in the financials sector.

Kakuta joins from Goldman Sachs where she was most recently a managing director and senior member of the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division.

“A seasoned banker with over 20 years of experience, Eri is a strong addition to our team,” said Celeste Guth, co-head of Global FIG. “Her track record advising clients on strategic opportunities, particularly relating to cross-border activity with Japanese financial institutions, will be a great asset to our clients globally.”

Kakuta’s appointment complements the five previous hires the bank has made in other sectors across FIG. She is also the 16th managing director Americas Corporate Finance has hired in the U.S. since the beginning of the year.