HSBC has made its third senior hire in as many months as part of its renewed push into UK investment banking, recruiting a Barclays managing director who recently worked on beverage can maker Rexam’s agreed £4.4 billion sale to US rival Ball Corporation.

Andrew Owens, who was part of the ABN Amro team that joined Barclays in 2008 to kick-start its M&A advisory effort, is to join HSBC in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.