Paul Johnson has joined Barclays as APAC head of equities as the firm continues to build out its presence in the region.
He reports to Jaideep Khanna, APAC CEO and head of markets, and Scott McDavid, global head of equities.
McDavid stated that APAC is a key region for Barclays’s global equities business, a sentiment echoed by Khanna last year. The bank is expanding its teams in Japan and India specifically, he said.
On the appointment, Khanna said: “[Johnson’s] extensive industry expertise and client-first approach will be instrumental in accelerating our growth ambitions across Asia Pacific.”
In H1 2024, income generated in Asian markets was down slightly year-on-year, from 5.2% to 4.9% of total income.
Based in Hong Kong, Johnson will focus on equity derivatives, equity-linked financing, electronic trading and prime within the region’s equity franchise.
He has more than 20 years of experience, and joins Barclays from his role as APAC co-head of equity derivatives and head of exotics equity derivatives trading at Goldman Sachs. Earlier in his career, he was a CEEMEA forex options trader at the firm before moving to Bank of America as head of CEEMEA and LatAm forex options trading.
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