Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000312069-25-000114
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Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
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 New York. He has also held roles in Equities at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in both London and New York. Cathal Deasy , Global Co-Head of Investment Banking Cathal Deasy is Global Co-Head of Investment Banking and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Barclays, based in London. He is also a member of the Investment Bank Management Team and is Co-Chair of the Investment Banking Management Team. Cathal co-leads and sets the strategy for the Investment Banking business across coverage, capital markets origination, and mergers & acquisitions. With over 20 years of experience in investment banking and mergers & acquisitions, Cathal joined Barclays in 2023. Prior to that he served as Global Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Co-Head of EMEA Investment Banking and Capital Markets at Credit Suisse. He was also a member of their IBCM Management Committee. Before that Cathal held a number of investment banking roles at Deutsche Bank. During his career, Cathal has advised companies and played key roles in transactions for, among others, Cinven, Rio Tinto, DuPont, Scout24, and Paysafe. He has deep experience advising boards and senior management teams on strategic matters such as large-scale acquisitions and mergers; portfolio reshaping including divestments and spin-offs; and public M&A including strategic shareholder engagement, defense and activism. Cathal received a Masters in Business Studies and a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Cork, Ireland . Matt Fitzwater, Group Chief Compliance Officer Matt is the Group Chief Compliance Officer at Barclays and part of the Group Executive Committee, based in London. He's also the Group sponsor for Wellbeing. Matt joined Barclays in 2014 and has taken on several roles in the Legal function, including Interim Co Group General Counsel. Most recently, he was the Group Centre General Counsel, handling litigation, financial crime, employment, competition, and regulatory matters globally across all business lines. He also served as the Global Head of Litigation, Investigation, and Enforcement, and was the Interim Group Head of Compliance from late 2022 through June 2023. Before Barclays, Matt was Special Counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, representing large financial institutions in criminal and regulatory matters. Originally from Greenville, Ohio, Matt graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law in 2001 and Miami University (Ohio) in 1998 with a double major in History and Political Science, summa cum laude and Phi Beta