Jefferies takes on new credit analyst

Samantha Wessels has joined investment banking group Jefferies as a senior credit analyst, reporting to John Pliner, head of European credit sales and trading.

Wessels has 14 years of industry experience. Her most recent position was as a distressed credit analyst at BlueBay Asset Management, where she worked for two years until September 2009.

Wessels will work alongside Tom Jenkins, who joined Jefferies in March as a senior credit analyst, having previously worked at Royal Bank of Scotland.