Barclays Wealth has appointed Sandeep Sharma as director and head of South Asia reporting to Didier von Daeniken, Asia Pacific chief executive. Barclays says that Singapore-based Mr Sharma will leverage its expertise to offer wealth management services to the South Asian community of ultra high net worth individuals. Mr Sharma has more than 14 years experience in the Indian market both as a private banker and corporate banker. He has previously worked at SG Private Banking and ABN Amro.