Andreas Krebs, Frankfurt-based head of consultant relations for Cominvest Asset Management, the European fund management arm of Commerzbank, has been appointed managing director of Commerzbank Europe based in Dublin. He will be responsibile for overall marketing, sales and client services of Commerzbank Europe's products. Krebs' former consultant relations job will be split between Matthias Hansmann, director and member of the management board at Cominvest, and Francis Ellison, director and head of sales at Commerzbank's UK fund management arm, Jupiter Asset Management, whose role broadens from a UK focus.

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