NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Kelvin Quezada is set to

join UBS as managing director in the Unified Global Banking

(UGB) Americas team after nearly two decades at Barclays ( BCS ),

according to a memo seen by Reuters.

The addition of Quezada, who will be based in New York, is

part of a broader effort by UBS to strengthen its investment

banking team by combining expertise in mergers and acquisitions

and financial sponsor coverage.

Quezada spent the last 17 years at Barclays ( BCS ), most recently

as an M&A managing director. Prior to that, he was a banker in

the financial sponsor coverage group.

He brings expertise on exclusive sales, tailored

transactions in which a potential buyer is identified and

approached for targeted negotiations.

In his new position at UBS, Quezada will collaborate closely

with the coverage team, M&A, industry coverage teams and

financial advisors.

The UGB team he will lead is dedicated to servicing the

corporate finance needs of companies that have a global wealth

management link.

UBS has also recently added three bankers to its New York

team: Mario Saravia, formerly part of the Financial Institutions

Group within Global Banking; Matthew Talley, formerly part of

the Mergers & Acquisitions Group within Global Banking; and

Pedro Gonzalez, formerly an Investment Banking Associate

Director at MACA Advisors LLC, to UGB Americas.

A UBS spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo.