Barclays Names Pier Luigi Colizzi as Head of Investment Banking, Continental Europe

Barclays, a British universal bank, announced that it has appointed Pier Luigi Colizzi as Head of Investment Banking for Continental Europe. In the role, Pier Luigi will join the Barclays Europe Executive Committee.

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Pier Luigi is a veteran in the financial services space with over 25 years of experience. He joined Barclays in 2012 and took the role as Head of Investment Banking for Italy. 

Earlier to the recent promotion, Pier Luigi served Barclays as its Head of M&A for Europe, Middle East and Africa and has been instrumental in advising important clients on their landmark M&A transactions including ENEL, Telenor, Fortum, Masmovil, Total, Macquarie, OMV, Mitsubishi, Tom Tom and others.

Before joining Barclays, Pier Luigi spent over 7 years at Citi, where he joined in 2004 to lead its Investment Banking business and then was promoted as Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for Italy later. Prior to Cit, he had worked at Credit Suisse, a leading global wealth manager with strong investment banking capabilities for 7 years.

Reid Marsh, Head of Investment Banking, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, commented: “This appointment reflects our focus on Continental Europe as we add senior talent to the banking platform and generate synergies with our Markets, Corporate Banking and Private Bank businesses.”

Pier Luigi will retain M&A responsibilities in Europe and more details on the M&A leadership structure in the region will be shared in due course.