Barclays announced the appointment of Daniel Zimbaldi as a Managing Director in Financial Institutions Group (FIG) M&A. Zimbaldi will be based in New York.

Zimbaldi joins Barclays with close to 15 years of experience in banking, most recently as a Managing Director at Evercore in the Depositories and Specialty Finance Group. Prior to joining Evercore in 2014 Zimbaldi was a Director in the Financial Institutions Group at Deutsche Bank Securities from 2008, before which he was an Associate at Lehman Brothers. Selected notable transactions that Mr. Zimbaldi has been involved in include advising Fiduciary Network on its sale process, American Chartered Bancorp on the sale to MB Financial, CIT Group on the acquisition of NACCO, GE Capital on the sale of Business Properties to Everbank, Lehman Brothers Holdings on the sale of Aurora Bank’s assets, MetLife on the sale of MetLife Bank’s assets, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on the sales of IndyMac Bank, R-G Premier Bank, Westernbank and Eurobank.

“Dan has an exceptional record of performance in the financial institutions sector, and brings to Barclays a deep roster of key relationships and extensive M&A experience,” said Larry Hamdan, Head of M&A Americas. “His appointment is further evidence of our commitment to operating a top-tier FIG M&A franchise.”

“Dan is an outstanding addition to our FIG team, and his extensive industry knowledge and transaction experience will be of considerable value to our clients,” added Tom Vandever, Head of FIG Americas. “He will help us to further drive our M&A business, building on our strong momentum in advising financial services companies.”

He will start at Barclays in September 2019.