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Trading technology head swaps Barclays for Macquarie

Banks are investing billions in their technology platforms and battling to ensure they have the right people leading their teams

Trading technology head swaps Barclays for Macquarie
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A Barclays managing director who worked on overhauling the bank's sprawling technology systems has quit to join Macquarie amid the battle for senior IT talent in investment banking.

Stephen West worked on Barclays' Transform initiative — a project to overhaul legacy systems and simplify the bank that began under former chief executive Anthony Jenkins. West joined the bank in 2013.

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