NEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Barclays hired twoinvestment bankers to lead its global metals and mining team,luring them away from rival UBS and boutiqueinvestment bank Liberum Capital.
The bank said on Thursday that Paul Knight and MichaelRawlinson will be co-heads of the team and will join Barclays inthe fourth quarter.
Knight, who will be based in Toronto, will also be avice-chairman, Barclays said.
He spent the last 18 years at UBS, most recently as a vicechairman and managing director in Toronto. His roles at UBSincluded chief executive officer for Canada, global head ofmetals and mining and head of Latin America investment banking.
Rawlinson, who will be based in London, was a managingdirector at Liberum, which he co-founded in 2006, and led themetals and mining corporate finance team.
Rawlinson and Knight will report to Julian Vickers andJeremy Michael, co-heads of global natural resources. Knightwill also report to Bruce Rothney, Barclays' country head forCanada.
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