Barclays Sets Gillies In Charge Amidst Pay Row

Crawford Gillies will leave his position as head of the remuneration committee at Standard Life Plc (LON:SL) (OTCMKTS:SLFPF) in order to take a role at Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) (LON:BARC), according to a statement from the esteemed banking house. The executive is set to join Barclays as non-executive director and a member of the board remuneration committee on May 1, according to the release.

Gillies has held the position on the remuneration committee at Standard Life Plc (LON:SL) (OTCMKTS:SLFPF) since 2007. Before joining that firm he served at Bain & Co, where he was managing director in Europe between 2001 and...