RBC Capital Markets has hired three senior bankers to head teams focusing on the natural resources, media and retail sectors in Europe, as the Canadian bank continues its strategic expansion in the region.

The bank has hired Nick Taylor, who until recently was co-head of natural resources at Deutsche Bank in Asia and had been a key banker on the merger between Glencore and Xstrata in 2012, to run its natural resources business in Europe, according to people familiar with the matter.