Barcap expands environmental business

Investment bank Barclays Capital has continued the expansion of its environmental markets business, hiring six people and "further underpinning its commitment to the rapidly developing emissions trading market", according to a Barcap statement.

Chris Leeds, pictured left, previously head of environmental markets at Merrill Lynch, has joined as head of environmental markets sales, coordinating global carbon client interaction, while Harshika Patel, pictured right, global chief operating officer