Barclays Wealth Announces New Hire in Palm Beach Office

PALM BEACH, Fla., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Barclays Wealth, the global wealth manager and advisor, is pleased to announce that it has hired Gary Krieger as a Director and Investment Representative in the Palm Beach office. Mr. Krieger will report to Scott Sheffer, Managing Director and Regional Manager for the Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Palm Beach offices.

Mr. Krieger previously worked at JP Morgan for almost 12 years in Palm Beach and San Francisco. Prior to that, he worked at Ha-Lo Industries and Leshore Calgift. Mr. Krieger holds a BA in International Affairs from The George Washington University, and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Commenting on his new role, Mr. Krieger said, "It is an exciting time to be joining Barclays Wealth as it expands in the Americas. I look forward to using the broad and deep capabilities of the Barclays Wealth platform to help my clients achieve their goals."

With 14 offices across the U.S. and Latin America, Barclays Wealth in the Americas provides comprehensive wealth management to high net worth individuals and families. The firm focuses on understanding its clients' financial needs, personal aspirations and tolerance for risk in order to design and implement highly customized investment solutions.

"Barclays Wealth is committed to ensuring our clients benefit from the private wealth management expertise of all of our Investment Representatives and we welcome Mr. Krieger to the Palm Beach team," said Jack Petersen, Head of Wealth Management, Americas.  

About Barclays Wealth

Barclays Wealth is a leading global wealth manager, and the UK's largest, with total client assets of $241 (pounds Sterling 151.2bn) as of 31 December 2009. With offices in over 20 countries, Barclays Wealth focuses on private and intermediary clients worldwide, providing international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary services and brokerage.

Barclays Group is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, corporate banking, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.

For further information about Barclays Wealth, please visit our website www.barclayswealthamericas.com.

Twitter page: www.twitter.com/barclayswealth

Barclays Wealth is the wealth management division of Barclays Bank PLC, functioning through Barclays Capital Inc. in the United States. Barclays Capital Inc., an affiliate of Barclays Bank PLC, is a U.S. registered broker-dealer and regulated by the Securities & Exchange Commission. Member SIPC.

SOURCE Barclays Wealth

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