UBS Hires Former Barclays’s Gioffredo for Foreign-Exchange Sales
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, hired Christophe Gioffredo, to strengthen its London-based foreign-exchange team servicing hedge-fund clients.
Gioffredo, was previously head of foreign-exchange sales for France at Barclays Plc. In the job he started this week, he reports to Michael Bichan, head of currency distribution in the U.K., according to a UBS spokeswoman in London.
Gioffredo worked at Barclays for a decade after starting his career in 2001 at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., according to his LinkedIn profile. He declined to comment when reached by e-mail.
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