Norwegian shipbroking giant Fearnleys has hired Fotis Giannakoulis to join its investment banking team in New York, focusing on the shipping and energy sectors.

He will start in his new job as director of the division on 1 December and will also help Fearnleys Securities to expand its renewables business globally.

Giannakoulis is best known in shipping for being Morgan Stanley's lead maritime equities analyst between 2010 and 2019, covering shipping, offshore, LNG and...