Barclays Plc named Omar Faruqui co-head of its M&A advisory business in the U.K., Thomson Reuters' IFR reported.

Faruqui will join Derek Shakespeare as co-head of the M&A business in January 2018. He will report to Matthew Smith, U.K. head of corporate finance and advisory, a spokesman confirmed to the newswire.

Previously, Faruqui was with HSBC Holdings Plc where he was head of M&A origination.