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Barclays continues to grow its US Financial Institutions team

28 Aug 2012 11:41 GMT

Barclays has appointed Christopher Van Houten as Relationship Director within its Financial Institutions team based in New York. Van Houten will be responsible for establishing and strengthening Barclays transaction banking relationships with regional banks across the US.

Van Houten joins Barclays from National Australia Bank, where he was a Director in the Financial Institutions team managing relationships with major Canadian banks and regional and national US banks. Prior to this, he held roles within the Financial Institutions team at the Bank of New York.

Van Houten’s appointment is part of a major growth drive for the Barclays Financial Institutions team in the Americas and follows the appointments earlier this year of David Scola, Managing Director and John Rodriguez, Relationship Director.

Commenting on his appointment, Christopher Van Houten said: “The US is a key growth market for Barclays making this an exciting time to be joining the team. I look forward to leveraging the strength of the banks global platform to deliver best in class financial product solutions to suit our clients’ needs.”

David Scola, Managing Director, Financial Institutions, Barclays Corporate Banking commented: “Christopher’s appointment further builds on our US strategy to grow our on-the-ground support for local clients, and enhance our corporate and transaction banking presence in the US.”


About Barclays

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in personal banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth and investment management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays’ purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions – in the right way.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.