26 August 2008: Thomas Rostron joins Barclays Wealth as Head of Retail Product

Barclays Wealth is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Rostron as a Managing Director, Head of Retail Product within the Investment and Product Office. 

In this newly created role, Thomas will report directly into Kevin Lecocq, Chief Investment Officer and will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of investment products such as investment funds, structured products, life assurance and portfolios managed by Barclays Wealth.  Thomas will be responsible for delivering these products into GRCB, which includes Barclays UK Retail Bank, Barclays ventures in Western Europe and New Markets as well as, Barclays Wealth International, Barclays Wealth Intermediaries, and Barclays Stockbrokers.

Kevin Lecocq, Chief Investment Officer says, “We are delighted to welcome Thomas to the team.  He has extensive experience in delivery of investment products to the retail community. As Barclays Wealth is responsible for providing all investment products to GRCB, Thomas’s appointment is key to enabling both our organisations to offer a market leading proposition to meet the individual needs of our key clients.”

Thomas Rostron has a great deal of experience in delivering investment products to the retail audiences. In his previous role at Fortis Investments, Thomas oversaw world-wide asset management sales through the institutional, wholesale and retail channels.  Thomas has a B.Sc. from the London School of Economics, an MBA from EAP-ESCP in Paris and he also completed the GMP at Harvard Business School.  A UK national, he is fluent in Dutch, German, French and Spanish.

For further information contact:

Nicola Hankey, Barclays Wealth, Corporate Communications
020 7114 9813

Jignasa Patel, Barclays Wealth, Corporate Communications
020 7699 2483