Barclays : appoints Ingrid Hengster as head of Germany

LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has appointed Ingrid Hengster as country Chief Executive for Germany, the British bank said on Thursday, as well as making her a global chairman for investment banking.

Hengster joins from KfW Bankengruppe. The move is the latest in a series of appointments as Barclays rejigs its management ahead of reporting interim results on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Lawrence White; Editing by Edmund Blair)