The Loan Market Association has hired Nigel Houghton as a director in the executive.

Houghton joins from GE Capital, where he was head of secondary loan sales and trading within leverage finance capital markets. Previously he was at Commerzbank, during which time he also served as an LMA board member for several years.

The LMA was founded in 1996, and aims to be the authoritative voice of the syndicated loan market in Europe. – Staff reports