Barclays Hires Davide Sala as Head of Industrials M&A for EMEA

​(Source: LinkedIn)

The British universal bank Barclays announced on Wednesday that its investment branch Barclays Investment Bank has appointed Davide Sala as Managing Director and Head of Industrials M&A for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective in November.

In his new role, Davide will be responsible for Barclays M&A client dialogue for European clients in the industrials sector, collaborating with Asim Mullick and Richard Probert, Co-Heads of Industrials Investment Banking. Besides, he will report to Pier Luigi Colizzi, Head of Investment Banking, Continental Europe, and Co-Head of M&A, EMEA, and Omar Faruqui, Co-Head of M&A, EMEA.

Davide joins Barclays from Credit Suisse where he has spent the last 22 years in both London and New York. The majority of his career has been dedicated to providing M&A and financing advice to clients across the entire industrials sector. Most recently, he was Head of European Diversified Industrials and Aerospace and Head of European Building Materials coverage. Also, Davide has advised on many M&A transactions for clients in the sector including Airbus, CNH Industrial, Fincantieri, GE Aviation, Holcim, Rolls-Royce and Sandvik. 

“The Industrials sector is an important focus in building the success of our banking franchise across Europe, and this hire demonstrates our continued investment to further strengthen our European banking capabilities,” said Reid Marsh, Head of Banking, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.