Oct 12 (Reuters) - Britain's third largest bank Barclays PLC is set to appoint Jes Staley, a former JPMorgan Chase &Co investment banker, as its new chief executive, theFinancial Times reported.
The announcement of the appointment, if approved byregulators, is expected in the next two weeks, FT said citingtwo people familiar with the matter. (http://on.ft.com/1L8hwt4)
Staley, who was on the shortlist when Barclays looked for aCEO in 2012, had left JPMorgan in early 2013 after 34 years atthe bank to join hedge fund Blue Mountain Capital. Staley ranJPMorgan's investment bank and asset management business.
If appointed, Jes Staley would be filling in the positionthat had been vacant after Antony Jenkins was fired in July forlosing the support of non-executive directors in a clash overstyle and the pace of the bank's turnaround.
Chairman John McFarlane, who has been running the bank inthe interim, had said earlier in July that it will look atinternal as well as external candidates to make an appointment.
Barclays PLC was not immediately available for comment. Anexternal spokesman for BlueMountain declined to comment. (Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by AndrewHay)