Barclays Hires BofA Veteran to Help Lead Healthcare Bankers
Whitty will join the British lender in June in London and will be co-head of the business alongside Sid Chhibbar. He will report to Richard Landgarten, the global head of healthcare and real estate investment banking, the firm said in a statement on Thursday.
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