Lynne Burns appointed Barclays Group Human Resources Director

Barclays has announced that Lynne Burns has joined the bank as Group Human Resources Director.

Lynne succeeds Tristram Roberts, who has retired after nearly 13 years at Barclays, including over a decade in role as Group HRD.

Lynne joins from Linklaters, where she was Chief People Officer. Prior to this, she spent seven years at HSBC in a number of senior roles, including Group Head of Talent, Global Head of HR for the Global Commercial and Global Banking & Markets Divisions and Head of HR, HSBC UK. Earlier in her career, she held several leadership positions at Royal Bank of Scotland.

C.S. Venkatakrishnan, Group Chief Executive of Barclays, said: “Lynne brings more than 30 years of experience leading HR teams, driving performance, transformation, culture change and Board engagement. Her depth of experience will be invaluable as we continue to modernise and simplify how we operate, strengthen connections across the Group, and build a high performing, inclusive culture that supports the next phase of our strategic plan.

“I would like to thank Tristram for his invaluable leadership and counsel. Our employees are our most valuable asset and Tristram has led the HR function through a period of extraordinary change for Barclays, while transforming Human Resources into a modern, technology-enabled function.”