Deutsche Bank has appointed a former Barclays banker, who was among a spate of recent senior departures from the UK bank's Asia business, as head of energy investment banking in Europe.

Marc Benton, most recently co-head of natural resources Asia Pacific with direct management of energy activities at Barclays, has been appointed as head of energy in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according an internal Deutsche Bank memo seen by Financial News. He will join the bank in early August and report to Alan Brown and Dan Ward, co-heads of the bank's global natural resources group.