Tag: Barclays

Barclays appoints two new non-executive directors
Diony Lebot, formerly of Société Générale, and Wells Fargo’s Mary Mack will join the company in March and June respectively.

News round-up: this week in governance
Lobbying on EU sustainability reporting rules; US pension fund supports disclosure; managed shared audit; UK shareholder activism grows.

News round-up: this week in governance
Firms fail to keep pace with tech; AI and the never-ending board meeting; CEO pay at Barclays; remco strategies.

Hasintha Gunawickrema joins Skipton board as a non-executive director
The former HSBC senior executive has been appointed to the Skipton Building Society group board with immediate effect.

Bunzl appoints two new non-executive directors
Daniela Barone Soares OBE and Julia Wilson will join the board of the British international distributor in December.

Tushar Morzaria joins BT Group
The BP and Legal & General board member has become an independent non-executive director of the UK telecoms group.

Greenhill chair joins Severn Trent
Richard Taylor has been appointed as a non-executive director of the water supply company with effect from 1 April.

Solomon Soquar joins BlackRock
The former CEO of Barclays Investments Solutions becomes a non-executive director of BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust.

News round-up: this week in governance
Lessons from Davos; companies risk sliding back on ethical practices; economics affects everyone; Sir John Kingman moves to Barclays.

Barclays announces board changes
Sir John Kingman will join as a NED and take over from Crawford Gillies as chair of the group’s ring-fenced banking arm, Barclays UK.