Barclays Appoints Crawford Gillies As Member Of Remuneration Committee

(RTTNews) - British lender Barclays Plc (BCS, BARC.L) has named Crawford Gillies as non-executive Director as well as a member of the board remuneration committee from May 1, 2014. Gillies would replace Sir John Sunderland as Chairman of the Board Remuneration Committee at a date to be agreed on, consistent with ensuring a smooth transition.

Gillies has more than 30 years of business and management experience, initially with Bain & Co., a firm of international management consultants, where he served as managing director, Europe from 2001 to 2005. Since 2007 he has been on Standard Life plc's board, where he has chaired the Remuneration Committee.

Gillies' current appointments to listed companies are non-executive Director of Standard Life plc and non-executive Director of MITIE Group PLC.