(Recast lead, adds Daniel Fairclough new job)
By Helene Durand
LONDON, April 20 (IFR) - Barclays has rejigged its financialinstitutions business, appointing a new deputy head whileanother banker has moved to the treasury side.
The UK lender has appointed Mark Geller as deputy head offinancial institutions debt capital markets for Europe, MiddleEast and Africa, according to an internal memo seen by IFR.
In what is described in the memo as a broader role, he willhelp further develop Barclays's franchise and be a senioradviser to the bank's FIG EMEA clients as well as to those inNorth America and APAC.
Geller, who currently heads the EMEA financials syndicate,will take on the new role effective June 1. He will report toPete Mason, co-head of FIG Banking EMEA and head of FIG DCMEMEA.
John Wright - who has been working alongside Geller on thefinancials desk since Miray Muminoglu's move to Barclaystreasury in March 2015 - will assume more responsibilities overtime and eventually take on Geller's syndicate duties.
The appointment is part of the bank's plans to makeorigination and execution work more smoothly together acrossproducts and geographies.
Daniel Fairclough, a managing director in the UK financialinstitutions group, will move to treasury, becoming treasurer ofBarclays Corporate & International.
He will take management responsibility for the group'scapital markets execution team and report to Dan Hodge, Barclaysgroup treasurer, with accountability to Mark Merson, CFO ofBarclays Corporate & International.
Fairclough has been at Barclays since 2001. (Reporting by Helene Durand, editing by Julian Baker)
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