Barclays Capital lures Morgan Stanley vet with eastern promise
Posted by admin in Career Ladder on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 15:52
Barclays has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive Johan Leven as co-head of corporate finance in Asia-Pacific.
Barclays Capital, or BarCap, says Leven, who was co-head of mergers and acquisitions for Asia ex-Japan at Morgan Stanley, will share the responsibility with Richard Gallivan and the two would report to Matthew Ginsburg, head of investment in Asia-Pacific. Ginsburg was poached from Morgan Stanley last year, with a mandate to build an investment banking franchise in Asia for Barclays from scratch.
Between them, Leven and Gallivan will lead industry and country coverage groups in Asia-Pacific and manage key client relationships in Asia for BarCap.
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