Di Iorio becomes head of equities for Asia-Pacific at Barclays

Barclays Capital has promoted Mike Di Iorio to head of equities for Asia-Pacific, less than a year after he joined the firm as head of equities trading for the same region, the UK bank said in a release yesterday.

He will replace Sigurbjörn “Siggi” Thorkelsson who was hired from Nomura in April 2010 to become head of equities for Asia-Pacific, which includes Japan and Australia, and has since also taken on the dual role as head of equities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Emea. Di Iorio’s appointment will allow Thorkelsson to focus fully on his Emea role and a spokesman said he will be based in London...