Barclays appoints Hossein Zaimi as Asia Pacific markets head

HONG KONG – Barclays said Thursday Hossein Zaimi has been appointed head of markets for Asia-Pacific and will join the bank after a long career at rival HSBC

Zaimi will remain based in Hong Kong and will report to Adeel Khan and Stephen Dainton, co-heads of Barclays’ global markets business, and Jaideep Khanna, the bank’s Asia-Pacific head, a statement said.

Zaimi spent more than 17 years at HSBC, most recently as Global Head of Equities and Global Co-Head of Securities Financing.