Gruffat joins the German bank's equity capital markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa after over two decades at Credit Suisse, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
The ECM sector has been one of Credit Suisse's bright spots though, with its strong tech franchise in the United States helping keep it competitive with its Wall Street rivals.
The rise will pressure Kone to raise prices to offset a margin drag into 2022, Citi analysts said in a note.
Kone reported a rise in operating profit to 249.8 million euros ($301.53 million) from 197.2 million a year ago on sales of 2.3 billion euros following continued growth in China.
Canada's fourth-largest lender will take a C$745 million write-down of goodwill after tax in the second quarter of fiscal 2021 as a result of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of calendar 2021, BMO said.
Concentrating on the North American market, and Canada in particular, is the right strategic decision.
The pound has lost over 1% against the dollar this week, as the EU, which is lagging Britain and the United States in rolling out vaccines, considers the measure.