Investment bank Fortis has appointed Michiel van der Voort as managing director, Commodities USA and Danny Ip as managing director, commodities Hong Kong.

Van der Voort was previously head of the acquisition finance team at Fortis Americas, and has 20 years' experience in banking, covering a number of industries and disciplines including commodities, energy and FX trading.

Van der Voort will report to Cristina Roberts, managing director, global head of energy commodities and head of commodities