Barclays enhances APAC equities team with new head

He will be based in Hong Kong.

Barclays appointed Paul Johnson as head of Equities for the Asia-Pacific (APAC). 

Based in Hong Kong, Johnson will oversee the bank’s equities franchise, focusing on Equity Derivatives, Equity-linked Financing, Electronic Trading, and Prime services. 

He will report functionally to Scott McDavid, Global head of Equities, and regionally to Jaideep Khanna, CEO of Barclays APAC and head of Markets for the region.  

Johnson brings over 20 years of experience in equities and derivatives. He previously served as APAC Co-head of Equity Derivatives and head of Exotics Equity Derivatives Trading at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. 

Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Bank of America in London, where he expanded trading franchises in MENA, and Goldman Sachs, where he traded CEEMEA FX options for over a decade.