Barclays Wealth and Investment Management has promoted its director, Paul Freeman, to assume overall responsibility of its Bristol office, as the bank continues its expansion plans across the southwest and Wales.

Freeman has held a number of management positions at Barclays for more than ten years, and is responsible for having developed a new operational structure across the southwest and Wales.

In addition, Matt Windows and Michael Smith have also been promoted to the roles of director and vice president, respectively.

Windows joined Barclays in 2007 as an investment manager. Smith joined Barclays in 2001 as a financial planning manager before taking on the role of private bank manager in 2006.

Earlier this month, Barclays appointed Eileen Cronin to the newly-created role of director, in the Barclays Wealth and Investment Management's Cardiff office.

In other recent moves, last week, Barclays confirmed that the chief executive of its wealth and investment management division, Tom Kalaris, along with Rich Ricci, currently CEO of its corporate and investment banking arm, will retire from the bank, effective from 30 June.