Barclays (NYSE: BCS) has hired Cathy Leonhardt to be global head of retail within its investment banking division.
New York-based Leonhardt is joining from Solomon Partners, where she was co-head of consumer retail investment banking, as reported by Bloomberg News. She will report to Lowell Strug, global head of the consumer and retail group at Barclays. Leonhardt joined Solomon in 2003. Earlier in her career, Leonhardt worked at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).