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Singapore - Barclays Capital is pleased to announce the appointment of Sailesh Jha as Director, Asian Economics Research.  Based in Singapore, Mr Jha will fulfil the role of Senior Regional Economist, leading the firm’s coverage of macro-economic research on the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia. He will report to Peter Redward, Barclays Capital’s Head of Emerging Asia Rates Research.

Mr Jha joins Barclays Capital from Credit Suisse, where he was a Director and Senior Regional Economist responsible for covering Southeast Asia and India. His previous background includes over 10 years’ experience in Asia ex-Japan strategy and economic research at DBS Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the IMF and the World Bank. These roles spanned both the fixed income and equity markets.

Commenting on the appointment, Peter Redward said, "I am delighted to welcome Sailesh to Barclays Capital’s Asian Economics Research team. With his extensive experience in both public and private sector Asia strategy and economics research, Sailesh will play an important role in further strengthening and differentiating our Asian macro-economic research offering. In addition to his country coverage responsibilities, we are looking for Sailesh to help enhance our non-Japan Asia thematic product.”

Barclays Capital has this month made two additional appointments to its Asian Economics Research team. Wai Ho Leong has been hired as Associate Director, Regional Economist, responsible for covering Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, based in Singapore. He joined the firm from Singapore’s Ministry of Trade & Industry, where he was a Senior Economist in their Economics & Strategy Division, prior to which he was with Fuji Bank in Singapore.  Ms Yan Zheng has been appointed as an Economist, focused on helping further build out Barclays Capital’s China Coverage, based in Hong Kong. Both Mr Leong and Ms Zheng report to Peter Redward.

“These new hires should accelerate our momentum in developing a robust and forward-looking Asian research offering that adds significant value for our clients,” remarked Jon Scoffin, Head of Asian Research.

For further information please contact:

Jonathan Williams
Barclays Capital Communications, Singapore
Tel: +65 6308 3490

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