Daniela Barone Soares OBE and Julia Wilson will join the board of the British international distributor in December.

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

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

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

Lessons from Davos; companies risk sliding back on ethical practices; economics affects everyone; Sir John Kingman moves to Barclays.

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.

US shareholders tend to approve companies’ climate plans, while support is waning among European shareholders, finds study.

Venkatakrishnan, the bank’s former head of global markets and group chief risk officer, takes over from Jes Staley.

Sir Ian will be replaced by Crawford Gillies from 1 January, but will remain on the Barclays board until the AGM in May.

Covid-19 crisis sees renewed emphasis from investors on alignment between executive pay and wider workforce remuneration.