Anand Ramachandran has joined Regions Bank as a managing director, reporting to Robert Heffes, managing director and head of Trading and Credit Distribution and CEO of Regions Securities.

Ramachandran spent more than 11 years at JPMorgan in high yield credit sales and joins Regions from Nomura Securities, where he was an executive director in leveraged finance sales. Prior to that, he was in leveraged finance sales at TD Securities in New York. Ramachandran will continue to be based in New York.

“Anand is a seasoned professional who brings a wealth of knowledge and deep institutional relationships to Regions as we grow our loan origination and distribution business,” said Heffes. “Expanding this business will enable Regions to support our corporate clients who need broader access to the capital markets. Working in partnership with associates in the corporate bank and corporate and institutional markets, Anand will help Regions deliver comprehensive financing solutions, advice and distribution to Regions’ clients.”