Joseph Kerkor has joined ING as head of emerging markets credit trading for EMEA.
Based in London, Kerkor leads a team of five traders covering EMEA emerging markets including central and eastern Europe, the middle east, and South Africa and is responsible for increasing ING’s presence in the space.
ING reported €23 billion in total income for 2025, up 2% year-on-year. It has made a series of new hires in recent months, with Alex Yang appointed global head of electronic fixed income trading in January and David Carmalt named head of investment grade debt capital markets (DCM) in December. The company has highlighted its growth targets in DCM, stating that this is a “crucial growth area for clients operating across emerging markets”.
Kerkor has more than 15 years of industry experience and joins ING from Barclays, where he was an emerging markets credit trading executive director. Prior to this, he was head of emerging markets CEEMEA credit trading at BNP Paribas.
Earlier in his career, Kerkor spent almost seven years at Goldman Sachs as an executive director of emerging markets credit trading.
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