MOVES-Barclays appoints new head of funding and capital issuance

(Updates with reporting line and syndicate changes)

By Alice Gledhill

LONDON, March 18 (IFR) - Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) has appointed Miray Muminoglu head of long-term unsecured funding and capital issuance, according to a memo sent by the bank's head of capital markets execution Steve Penketh.

Muminoglu, who currently works as a director on the investment bank's fixed income financials syndicate desk, will join Barclays' treasury capital markets execution team in April and will report to Penketh.

The move follows the appointment of Jennifer Moreland as head of capital and leverage management in October 2014.

Moving over from emerging markets syndicate, John Wright replaces Muminoglu on the financials, reporting to Mark Geller, in an expanded role that includes emerging markets financials.

Emerging markets corporates and sovereigns deals will continue to be executed by the European corporate and rates syndicate desk run by Marco Baldini.

Muminoglu has worked at Barclays for a decade on debt syndicate focusing on financial institutions issuance in the EMEA region. Previously, he worked for JP Morgan in asset-backed securities structuring and syndicate. (Reporting by Alice Gledhill, Editing by Helene Durand)