LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) -
* Australian investment bank Macquarie Group MQG.AX has hired Paul Brewster to head physical crude oil trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sources familiar with the matter said.
* Brewster was previously at Litasco, the trading arm of Russian oil producer Lukoil LKOH.MM , for six years trading Urals crude and prior to that at Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) MS.N , where he also traded crude.
* The sources said he is due to start later this year and will be based in Geneva, Switzerland.
* Macquarie entered physical oil trading in 2017 when it bought the oil business of commodity trader Cargill.
* Macquarie did not respond immediately to a request for comment.