April 8 (Reuters) - Bank of America has tapped an insider to lead its unit that covers clients in the aerospace and defence, industrial, and automotive sectors across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, weeks after the second-largest U.S. lender made several leadership changes in its capital markets business.

The bank named Rowland Phillips, who joined the company in 2011 and is currently a managing director, as the head of EMEA Aerospace and Defence, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

The executive will work to further expand BofA's coverage of clients in those sectors and join the global industrials group, while continuing to lead coverage of its key UK industrials accounts, the memo said.

He will be based in London, where he will report to Justin Anstee, the bank's head of industrials for EMEA.

The move comes amid a series of leadership changes at the bank, including setting up a new advisory group last month called capital markets advisory to better align its offering amid a volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical environment. (Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru and Anousha Sakoui in London; Editing by Ravi Prakash Kumar)