Barclays appoints new regional corporate banking chief

The new head will handle both Asia and Middle East divisions.

British multinational bank Barclays has appointed Pushkaraj Gumaste as the new head of corporate banking for Asia Pacific and Middle East.

Relocating from London, Gumaste will be based in Singapore and will report to Phil Bowkley, head of international corporate banking and Jaideep Khanna, head of Barclays Asia Pacific.

As the new regional corporate banking chief, Gumaste will be responsible for managing and developing the Corporate Banking business, expanding and strengthening client relationships in Asia Pacific and Middle East. 

Gumaste has close to 30 years of corporate and investment banking experience. He joined Barclays in 2004 and has been involved in managing many key client relationships across different sectors. He has led transactions for clients across financing, risk management, corporate finance and transaction banking. Prior to Barclays, Gumaste held various roles at Citibank, Credit Lyonnais and ANZ.

Before taking the position, Gumaste was the head of international corporates at Barclays since 2018 and was the previous co-head of banking and head of corporate banking in India.