Barclays Names APAC Markets Head

Hossein Zaimi has been named head of Markets for Asia Pacific at Barclays, based in Hong Kong, he will be responsible for driving the firm’s APAC Markets business and lead the teams in the region.

He will report functionally to Adeel Khan and Stephen Dainton, co-heads of Global Markets at Barlays, and regionally to Jaideep Khanna, head of Barclays, Asia Pacific.

Zaimi joins from HSBC, where he worked for over 18 years, most latterly in equities roles, however until 2014 he worked in the bank’s FX division, most latterly as head of FX and commodities for Asia-Pacific. He joined HSBC in 2004 from Credit Lyonnais, where he was head of FX derivatives for Asia-Pacific in a six year c areer, having joined from a fve year stint in a similar role at Salomon Smith Barney.

“APAC is at the centre of our multi-year growth strategy for Global Markets and Hossein’s appointment attests to the significant investment we are making to expand our franchise in the region,” says Dainton, while Khan adds, “It is critical to our growth plan that we continue to build great teams and bring in strong leaders. Hossein is widely respected and equally recognised by peers and clients as one of the leading figures in the industry and we’re very excited to have him join Barclays to further grow our franchise in APAC.”

Khanna adds, “The success of Barclays’ Asia Pacific franchise is driven by our ability to attract and hire the best talent to grow our business. Hossein brings solid cross-product experience in APAC and has had global product ownership for FX and equities for a number of years. We are confident that his broad expertise, coupled with a deep knowledge of Asian markets, will move us closer to achieving our goals and ambitions for the region.”