CIBC continues to hire as it seeks to capitalize on the health of its balance sheet and build out its trading businesses. The latest recruit is Takis Spiropoulos, who joins as managing director and head of the bank's electronic solutions group (ESG) in its FICC business. Spiropoulos was previously at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He will be based in Toronto and reports to old colleague Christian Exshaw, CIBC's managing director and head of distribution FICC.