Leadership team
Meet the experienced professionals leading our industry specialist teams – providing dedicated experience and insight into your sector.
Philip has global accountability for Corporate Banking client coverage of insurance, specialty finance, funds, asset managers and FinTech companies.
The NBFI coverage team has presence in the US, UK, Asia, Western Europe and the Middle East, and provides an extensive range of banking solutions including cash management, trade finance, liquidity, debt and FX.
David leads our Social Housing team in maintaining and developing strong links with all of the key stakeholders in this sector. Having joined Barclays in 1982 he has worked closely with Corporate clients in relationship management, debt structuring and leadership roles. This included six years up to 2009 as a Director in the Social Housing team. Most recently David has led a team in our Business Support division.
An experienced banking professional who joined Barclays in 1988 undertaking a number of roles across client coverage, debt finance and credit. Currently responsible for all Barclays UK clients in the Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics sectors.
Sean has been at Barclays for more than 10 years and has spent most of his time in Corporate Banking. He leads the Technology, Media and Telecoms team for Barclays.
Sean graduated with a first class Honours degree in Physics and a PhD in Mathematical Physics. On leaving academia he trained as an actuary before moving across to banking. Sean held a number of strategic and operational roles before he moved into corporate banking over 10 years ago.
Andrea has worked in Corporate and Investment Banking for over 30 years, the majority of which time has been spent in client facing roles in the Corporate Banking at Barclays.
Andrea was appointed as National Head of Business & Professionals Services in March 2019 with responsibility for the national proposition in the UK. Prior to that, Andrea was the Head of the South for Large Corporate. Andrea has previously sat on the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee and established the external women’s network for the Corporate bank.
Tom leads the VC Coverage unit for Barclays in the UK, coordinating the delivery of banking services across the Barclays Group and effective engagement with portfolio companies.
This ranges from the provision of corporate banking and venture debt solutions to later stage investment banking advisory services.
David was appointed as Head of Healthcare for Corporate Banking in 2018, having been Head of Charities for the last seven years. David has a wealth of experience from over 30 years in corporate banking, including structured debt finance and international operations.
Karen joined Barclays in 2015 to lead the large corporate team in the North West. Karen has over 25 years banking experience working with owner managed businesses through to large corporates. She has worked in a senior capacity in a variety of roles across the bank and was appointed as Co-Chair of the Corporate Banking D&I Council in 2018. Key campaigns during the last 2 years include the Women in Business Awards and launching the ‘This is Me’ North West to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health. In 2018 Karen won the Business Impact Champion Award for work in the mental health arena for This is Me in the North West and is now looking at growing awareness across the UK.
In his current role as Head of Public Sector, Fraser leads the Relationship Teams around the UK that support clients across the Education, Charity, Social Housing and Local Authority Sectors. The team consists of 30 Relationship Directors, Associate Directors and Relationship Support Managers located across the UK.
In addition, Fraser operates as Sector Head for the Local Authority Sector across Barclays Corporate Banking.
Richard has been in his current role since 2016 having worked in the sector for nearly ten years. Richard is also a former college Vice-Chair and Governor of a further education college. Richard has over 15 years’ experience in corporate banking.
Mike is head of the Barclays UK-based Hospitality and Leisure Team. With over 30 years of experience, he and his team support a wide-ranging client base with their dedicated specialist approach, industry knowledge, and sector-specific products and services.
Mark has worked for Barclays for 29 years. As Head of Agriculture he leads the Agriculture team of 200 based across the UK. Our Agricultural Managers work closely with local agricultural businesses to help them to thrive.
Dennis is a Managing Director in Barclays Corporate Banking and is the Head of Real Estate. His career with Barclays spans over 30 years during which time he has undertaken a variety of roles in Client Relationship, Operations, Risk, Strategy and Structured Finance functions for both the Retail and Corporate businesses.
He has been responsible for Corporate Banking’s Real Estate lending activity since 2006 and the 200 plus strong team now covers all of the Bank’s Real Estate clients from the SME sector through to the listed house builders and REITS, providing financing lines in excess of £15bn.
Nazreen joined Barclays in 2005 as a Relationship Director in Retail and Wholesale Corporate Banking team. Her previous role involved driving delivery of our Citizenship strategy, ensuring execution of the plan and to increase colleague engagement.