LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - JPMorgan ( JPM ) has hired Rumesh

Rajendram from rival Deutsche Bank as head of consumer and

retail M&A for EMEA, according to a staff memo distributed on

Thursday.

Rajendram will be based in London, reporting to Dwayne

Lysaght and Cassander Verwey, co-heads of M&A in EMEA. Prior to

his time at Deutsche Bank, Rajendram worked nearly 16 years at

Credit Suisse.

The U.S. bank has also hired Hiten Davda as managing

director for a new role in M&A capital markets. He will be based

in London and will report to Darren Novak, co-head of JP

Morgan's activism defence group.