Financial News on Monday released the annual FN 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in investment banking. Here we profile the capital markets bankers to have made it onto the list.

Chris Agathangelou Head of financial debt syndicate, Emea Nomura Age 26 Chris Agathangelou, also known as Chris A, has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence. At 26, he is the youngest head of a financial debt syndicate desk in London, running a team of seven. He joined the bank in August 2008 after graduating, working on the sovereign, supranational and agency syndicate desk before being steered towards financials by Alex Menounos, now head of Emea syndicate at Morgan Stanley. He has worked on deals ranging from complex capital issues to unsecured and covered bond funding and liability management. He is a qualified scuba-diving instructor, a national standard badminton player and a stalwart of the Hackney and Leyton football league.