A 37-year-old managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch who had been tipped as a rising star in investment banking circles has become the latest banker to move to an in-house corporate role.

Anya Weaving, who worked on several prominent deals in the oil and gas sector during her nine-year stint in Bank of America Merrill Lynch's mergers and acquisitions team, has landed the role of chief financial officer at FTSE 250-listed oil and gas exploration group Soco International, according to a stock market announcement this morning.