June 12 (Reuters) - Michael Ebert, formerly co-head of markets at Credit Suisse Group AG, will now head Credit Suisse for Investment Bank at UBS Group AG and take on the newly created role of head of Americas, according to a bank spokesman.

Rob Karofsky, president of Investment Bank at UBS, sent a memo on Monday outlining leadership changes in the division. Marco Valla will join UBS from Barclays as Co-Head of Global Banking, alongside Javier Oficialdegui. (Reporting by Tatiana Bautzer in New York and Manya Saini in Bengaluru)