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Barclays has appointed a new global head of trade and working capital following the departure of Baihas Baghdadi.

Baihas has been replaced by Deutsche Bank's James Binns, starting in his new position this week.

James Binns had previously held the position of global head of cross product solutions, cash management and had been with Deutsche Bank since 2014. He previously worked at HSBC in a variety of trade roles across a number of locations.

As a corporate partner of the Institute, we are delighted to be working with Barclays and Kings College on our World Trade Summit in London on 1st November.