Barclays Wealth and Investment Management (Barclays WIM) has appointed Evan Gavas as head of core business within its offshore & local markets division.

In his new role, Gavas will have responsibility for Barclays WIM’s offshore corporate banking business in London, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man and will be based in Jersey.

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Gavas will coordinate strategic planning and execution of key initiatives across multiple jurisdictions and further integrate the offshore business by working closely with the individual heads of the offshore & local markets division based in each of its key locations.

Gavas will report to Paul Savery, managing director of Barclays WIM Offshore & Local Markets.

He was previously country director for Barclays WIM in Cyprus where he has been responsible for building and managing the business for the last four years.

He joined Barclays in September 2007 as chief of staff within the Commercial Bank in the UK and subsequently held the position of director of strategy for Barclays Commercial in Europe.

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Prior to joining Barclays, Gavas was a strategy consultant with London-based AT Kearney, a global strategy consulting firm. He has started his career at Nedbank Private Banking in South Africa as an entrepreneur.

Paul Savery said: "Evan created and led a highly successful team in Cyprus and this experience will be instrumental in leading the offshore corporate banking business in London, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

"Evan is moving into a newly created position, responsible for further developing Barclays’ offering in this market particularly with regard to cross jurisdictional products and services," Savery added.