He’s signed up from August 1 as executive chairman of Barclays Capital, which shuns equity trading and underwriting but is world number one in loan syndication and has been climbing the bond bookrunners’ league table. Rudloff, born in Cologne in 1940 and educated in Switzerland, spent 10 years in the 1970s at Kidder Peabody in Geneva before being hired by Credit Suisse First Boston to head debt syndication. In 1982 he nearly completed his greatest syndication: a £27,000 deal to hire an elephant from Regent’s Park zoo on which his boss Michael Von Clemm would ride through the City of London.
Access intelligence that drives action
To unlock this research, enter your email to log in or enquire about access
