Wells Fargo Hires Barclays’ Leveraged Syndicate Veteran Thomson

Wells Fargo & Co. hired Barclays Plc veteran Peter Thomson as a managing director in the syndicate unit of the bank’s leveraged finance business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

New York-based Thomson will report to Matt Rheault, co-head of leveraged syndicate, and Celine Catherin, the former Deutsche Bank AG executive who was recently hired as co-head of leveraged syndicate, said one of the people, all of whom requested anonymity to discuss information that isn’t yet public.

A Wells Fargo spokesperson confirmed the appointment and declined to comment further. A Barclays representative declined to comment.

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