Barclays Picks Industrials Banker Grabos to Co-Lead Americas M&A

Barclays Plc has promoted senior industrials banker Dan Grabos as co-head of its mergers and acquisitions group in the Americas, according to a statement.

(Bloomberg) — Barclays Plc has promoted senior industrials banker Dan Grabos as co-head of its mergers and acquisitions group in the Americas, according to a statement.  

He’ll help run the business with incumbent head Larry Hamdan. Grabos will continue to act as co-head of industrials M&A, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News. 

The bank also elevated Jonathan Gerst, a managing director focused on industrials deals, to co-head of industrials M&A alongside Grabos.  

“Creating new leadership opportunities for our next generation of bankers is a key priority for us, and is essential to growing our market share across all industry verticals,” Ihsan Essaid, the bank’s co-head of global M&A, wrote in the statement.

Barclays has in recent months filled several senior jobs after a reshuffling of top leaders in its investment bank contributed in part to what Chief Executive Officer C.S. Venkatakrishnan described in June as “higher-than-usual” attrition of staff. Grabos replaces Jeff Hinton, who left the firm in April. 

The London-based bank has hired more than 20 bankers in its investment bank since the beginning of the year and has been focused on improving its share of the market. 

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