Kitchen joins from UBS, where she was managing director and head of distribution and structured products, Energy. She will be based in New York and report to Hope Pascucci, global head of debt capital markets.

"Louise is one of the most respected marketers and structurers in the US power and gas markets," said Mark Ritter, Deutsche Bank's global head of commodities, who also joined the firm from UBS this year. "Louise has a proven record of success in the industry and will further enhance