Barclays Appoints Themos Fiotakis as Head of FX Research

Barclays announced the appointment of Themistoklis (Themos) Fiotakis as Head of FX Research. Based in London, he will be responsible for driving FX forecasts across developed economies as well as the FX and Rates offering across emerging markets.

He joins from Glenpoint Capital where he was Head of Research. Prior to that, he worked in Global Macro and Markets Research at Goldman Sachs, and was Global Head of Rates and FX research at UBS.

Ajay Rajadhyaksha, Head of Macro Research at Barclays, said:"I am delighted to welcome Themos to Barclays. Themos has extensive experience on both the buy-side and the sell-side and is uniquely positioned to bring value to our clients."

This week, Barclays has announced the appointment of Urvashi Batra as its new Head of Equities Electronic Trading Americas. In this role, Batra will be responsible for driving strategic direction and execution of Barclays' electronic equites client offering.