Aelisa Kim Cipriani, director in collateralized debt obligation sales at Deutsche Bank in London, has left for Barclays Capital, contributing to the German bank's structured credit talent drain in New York and London. She starts soon at Barclays as a director responsible for European CDO origination and project management, reporting to Ed Cahill, European head of CDOs. Cipriani could not be reached and Cahill did not return calls.
At Deutsche Bank, she reported to Muri Rhee, head of European asset-backed syndication and trading, and Fritz Thomas, head of European CDOs. Neither returned calls.
Cipriani's departure follows on the heels of the recent defection of Deutsche Bank's New York-based CDO team to J.P. Morgan, led by Brian Zeitlin, global CDO co-head (BW, 8/30). Other recent departures include Scott Eaton, co-head of the principal finance team, and Michel Iskander, European head of structuring.