BZW appoints Head of Equities in North America.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1996--BZW, the global investment banking division of Barclays PLC Barclays PLC is a global financial services provider operating in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia, Asia and Africa. It is a holding company that is listed in London and New York. It operates through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC. , has appointed Andrew Leithhead as Managing Director and Head of Equities, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , reporting to Tom Kalaris, President, BZW BZW Beziehungsweise (German: Respectively) BZW BZFlag World (file format/extension) BZW Blizzard Warning BZW Barclays der Zoete Wedd Securities Inc. Based in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Leithhead, 37, will be responsible for overseeing international equities research and sales in North America, which is conducted through BZW's broker-dealer subsidiary, BZW Securities Inc. He was previously Head of Equities for BZW Australia and under his leadership the firm achieved a leading market share in equities in that country. He joined BZW in 1983 in Sydney and in 1992 moved to New York to head BZW's Australia/New Zealand sales desk, returning to Australia in 1995 to head Equity Syndicate. Callum McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer, BZW North America, commented, "Andrew has a tremendous track record in Australia. We are looking forward to his return to New York where he will develop our already strong equities business in North America." Leithhead holds a degree in commerce from the Royal Military College, Duntroon The Royal Military College, Duntroon is Australia's military academy where Staff Cadets train for commissioning into the Australian Army as a part of the Australian Defence Force. The college is situated in the suburb of Duntroon Canberra, ACT, Australia. , Australia, and is an associate of the Securities Institute of Australia. He is also a registered General Securities Principal in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . He is married with one child. BZW researches more non-US stocks than any other investment bank. It is one of the largest equity market-leaders in the United Kingdom and one of the world's largest market-makers in non-US equities. CONTACT: BZW Gail Chambers, 212/412-7573 or: Caroline Eccles, 44/171-956-3228 |
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