Evan Gavas joins Barclays Wealth and Investment Management

 

Gavas (pictured) will have responsibility for Barclays Wealth and Investment Management’s offshore corporate banking business in London, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man and will be based in Jersey.

 

Working closely with the individual heads of the offshore and local markets division based in each of its key locations, Gavas will coordinate strategic planning and execution of key initiatives across multiple jurisdictions and further integrate the offshore business. Gavas will report to Paul Savery, managing director of offshore and local markets.

 

Gavas was previously country director for Barclays Wealth and Investment Management in Cyprus where he has been responsible for building and managing the business for the last four years. He joined Barclays in September 2007 as chief of staff within the commercial bank in the UK and subsequently held the position of director of strategy for Barclays Commercial in Europe.

 

Before joining Barclays, Gavas was a strategy consultant with London-based AT Kearney, a strategy consulting firm. He also worked for Nedbank Private Banking in South Africa where he started his career as an entrepreneur.

 

Gavas says: “I am excited about the opportunity to further integrate and enhance our offshore and local markets business. Barclays has a significant and long-standing presence in these key markets and I look forward to working with the team to leverage the firm’s capabilities for the benefit of our clients.”

 

“Evan created and led a highly successful team in Cyprus and this experience will be instrumental in leading the offshore corporate banking business in London, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man,” says Savery. “Evan is moving into a newly created position, responsible for further developing Barclays’ offering in this market particularly with regard to cross jurisdictional products and services and I am very much looking forward to working with him.”