LONDON, Dec 9 (IFR) - Sam Dean has taken a sabbatical fromhis role as global head of ECM at Barclays, accordingto an internal memo seen by IFR. In the interim, Barclays' UShead of ECM Brian Reilly will take on the role. Barclaysdeclined to comment.
Dean is taking a break for family reasons and is expected toreturn to the role at some point in the future. His leave ofabsence comes just seven months after taking on the global role,following the retirement of David Erickson and having joinedBarclays in 2009. Dean had previously been global co-head of ECMat Deutsche Bank.
Previously head of US ECM since November 2010, Reilly tookon the role of head of Americas ECM in May of this year. He hasmore than 15 years experience of originating and executingcapital markets and M&A transactions for Barclays.