ING, which has underwritten over €7bn ($8.9bn) worth of leveraged finance this year, has named a new senior deal originator and structurer for its leveraged finance and financial sponsors coverage team in a bid to grow the business.

Akram Hilmy, who had worked for over four years at Barclays Capital , joins as a director, with responsibility for developing the bank's origination and structuring capabilities for private equity-led leveraged financings.