Mid-market focused investment bank, Investec, is building out its team of dealmakers focused on financial institutions, and has hired a former KPMG partner to lead the unit.

Tom Lewin has joined the bank as head of its financial institutions group M&A, it said in a statement. He joins from KPMG, where he was a partner within its financial services M&A team, and has previously held roles at Barclays and Rothschild.