Tasheer Gulam, the Geneva-based Global Head of the non-resident Indian business at Barclays Wealth has resigned.

Mr Gulam was responsible for building teams in London and Geneva and establishing the business in Dubai.

Mr Gulam was at Barclays for three years, having begun his career in banking with JP Morgan in New York as a trader.

He transferred to private banking with JP Morgan and moved to Geneva in 1996, where he built an Indian Subcontinent business for the bank.

He went on to HSBC Private Bank where he was a key player in establishing a Geneva business for their Global South Asia Diaspora team, prior to being tapped for the global role at Barclays.

A spokesperson for Barclays Wealth told WealthBriefing: “To put this departure into context, Barclays Wealth recruited 1,000 staff internationally in 2006 and this expansion drive continues into 2007. NRI is a strategic priority for our business. We have made a number of hires into this market in recent months, and will continue to do so.”