Barclays Plc, a British multinational investment bank, has announced on Wednesday that it appointed Davide Sala as its new Managing Director and Head of Industrials M&A for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. According to the press release, he will take the lead of Barclays\u2019 client dialogue for European clients within the industrials sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Industrials sector is an important focus in building the success of our banking franchise across Europe, and this hire demonstrates our continued investment to further strengthen our European banking capabilities,\u201d Reid Marsh, Barclays Head of Banking at Europe, Middle East, and the Asia Pacific, commented on Sala\u2019s onboarding.<\/p>\n
Sala has a vast experience within the financial industry, having worked for over 22 years at Credit Suisse in London and New York. He focused his career on providing advisory on M&A and financing to clients across industrials space. He recently served as the Head of European Diversified Industrials and Aerospace and Head of European Building Materials coverage.<\/p>\n
The new Barclays executive will report to Pier Luigi Colizzi, Head of Investment Banking, Continental Europe, and Co-Head of M&A, EMEA, and Omar Faruqui, Co-Head of M&A, EMEA. \u201cThe strength and breadth of Davide\u2019s industrials expertise will serve us well in an incredibly active M&A market with no signs of a slowdown,\u201d Colizzi stated.<\/p>\n