Barclays Plc has hired former Goldman Sachs banker Johan Leven as co-head of corporate finance in Asia-Pacific, Barclays said on Monday, as the British bank continues its push as a full-fledged investment bank.

Leven will share the responsibility with Richard Gallivan. Leven was previously at Goldman Sachs where he was most recently co-head of mergers and acquisitions for Asia ex-Japan.

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