Bank of America Merrill Lynch is expanding its Canada corporate banking business with two key hires in Toronto, the bank said Thursday.

Christopher Impey will join the firm in October as managing director and head of Canada corporate banking. He will report jointly to Patricia DelGrande, head of Americas corporate banking, and Dan Mida, head of Canada corporate and investment banking.

Earlier this summer, Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Daljeet Lamba as managing director, Canada corporate banking. He will report to Impey.

“This is an exciting growth area for our business in Canada, and Chris and Daljeet’s local expertise and extensive client relationship management skills will be invaluable in building out our platform and presence in the region,” said Mida.

Impey was recently the managing director responsible for Canadian corporate clients at Citigroup and previously ran their Calgary office. During his 16-year tenure at Citigroup, Impey held various leadership roles in London, Jakarta, Beijing, Calgary and Toronto, largely covering the energy and power and mining industries. He began his career at Midland Bank in the United Kingdom, where he gained experience in retail and investment banking. Over the course of his career, Impey has structured numerous complex mergers and acquisition financing transactions for large, multi-national corporations.

Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Lamba was director, global banking at Citigroup in Toronto. Throughout his nine years with Citigroup, Lamba worked on numerous transactions successfully originating and delivering the full spectrum of financial solutions to Canadian multinational and domestic corporations across multiple industry sectors. Prior to Citigroup, he was with Export Development Canada in Ottawa working primarily on delivering bonding and working capital financing solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in the telecom, media and technology sectors.

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