Goldman Sachs has hired a senior chemicals banker from Barclays

• Goldman Sachs has hired a senior chemicals investment banker from Barclays.
• Ken Grahame will join the Goldman as a managing director.
• He spent roughly a decade at Barclays.

Goldman Sachs has hired a senior chemicals banker away from Barclays, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ken Grahame, a managing director who focused on chemicals companies at Barclays, is joining Goldman in a similar role, the people said.

Grahame started his Wall Street career at Lehman Brothers and joined Barclays amid the financial crisis in 2008, according FINRA records and his LinkedIn profile.

Goldman Sachs declined to comment.

Barclays did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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