The new head of US financial sponsors at Macquarie will be hoping that a history of working with some of the biggest names in private equity and an expert knowledge of fine wines will both serve him well in his bid to woo clients at the Australian bank.

Macquarie said in a statement this week that Jorge Mora had been brought in as a senior managing director and head of US financial sponsors for Macquarie Capital, the bank's advisory arm, in New York. He was hired from investment bank Lazard, where he had been head of financial sponsors