RBS appoints insurance coverage head

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Gareth Braithwaite as global head of insurance for its financial institutions relationship management team.

Braithwaite’s role will comprise two areas of responsibility. Reporting to Pierre Ferland, global head of financial institutions relationship management, he will manage the global insurance relationship management team, developing strategy and client propositions for the bank’s insurance industry clients.

He will also be responsible for running coverage of UK and European insurance companies, reporting to Rob Jolliffe, global head of primary markets origination.

Prior to joining RBS, Braithwaite worked at Barclays Capital, where he spent 15 years, most recently as director in financial institutions debt capital markets for the UK and European insurance sector.