Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Barclays PLC has appointed Dr. Brian Gilvary as a Non-executive
Director. He will take up his appointment with effect from 1
February 2020.
Dr. Gilvary has served as Chief Financial Officer for BP p.l.c.
since 2012. He joined BP in 1986 after obtaining a PhD in
Mathematics. After a variety of commercial and
financial roles internationally in BP's upstream, downstream and
trading businesses, he became chief executive of BP's integrated
supply and trading function in 2005 and in 2010 deputy CFO and head
of finance. He will retire from BP on 30 June
2020.
His experience outside BP includes serving as a non-executive
director and audit committee member of Air Liquide S.A., the Royal
Navy, and the Francis Crick Institute. Currently, he is Chairman of
'The 100 Group' of the FTSE 100 Finance Directors.
As a member of the Board, Dr. Gilvary will bring to Barclays his
extensive experience of management, finance and strategy gained at
BP and other public and private Boards. Dr. Gilvary's experience
with and understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent
in the energy transition, including the acceleration of key
renewable options and developing key capital intensive clean energy
technologies, will be invaluable as Barclays considers how it can
help to accelerate the transition to a low carbon
world.
There is no additional information required to be disclosed in
relation to Dr. Brian Gilvary pursuant to paragraph LR9.6.13R of
the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.
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business, by different types of customer and client, and
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