Moves: Barclays hires new executive M&A chairman Whittemore

Citigold

07/07/2016 21:28

(Adds previous hiring of David Levin) 
    July 7 (Reuters) - Tony Whittemore, a former senior banker 
at Deutsche Bank  DBKGn.DE , is joining Barclays  BARC.L  as 
executive chairman of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in New York 
starting on Thursday, the London-based bank said in an internal 
memo. 
    Whittemore was most recently co-head of Americas M&A at 
Deutsche Bank. Reuters first reported that he had resigned from 
the German bank in April after about eight years.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N17H2HC 
Whittemore joined Deutsche Bank from Citigroup  C.N , where he 
advised telecommunications companies. 
    As a banker, Whittemore has worked with clients such as 
Charlie Ergen's EchoStar Corp  SATS.O  and Dish Network Corp 
 DISH.O  and has also advised on large telecommunications 
mergers such as the formation of Verizon Communications  VZ.N .  
    "The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector 
is seeing marked evolution and Tony's experience will add great 
value to our clients who rely on us for strategic advice and 
intellectual capital," Gary Posternack, Barclays' Global Head of 
M&A said in the memo.  
    Barclays has made key hires in recent months, including 
Carlo Calabria who joined as chairman of M&A in Europe, the 
Middle East and Africa.  The bank has also added two managing 
directors in healthcare, Jason Haas and David Levin, a director, 
Evan Matlin, and consumer retail investment banker Eric Biddle. 
    Barclays is currently 4th in the Thomson Reuters U.S. M&A 
league tables, up from 9th a year ago. 
 
 (Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis in New York and Liana B. Baker 
in San Francisco; Editing by Tom Brown) 
 ((liana.baker@thomsonreuters.com; 4156772537; Reuters 
Messaging: liana.baker@thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: BARCLAYS MOVES/WHITTEMORE