- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2023-04-21T14:34:00
Barclays announced Thursday the appointment of Kirsty Everett as chief compliance officer and a member of its group executive committee, effective July 1.
Everett will succeed Matt Fitzwater, who has been operating as CCO on an interim basis. After a transition period, Fitzwater will return to Barclays legal function as group center general counsel.
Everett joins Barclays from HSBC, where she was group head of compliance. During her time at HSBC, she held several senior compliance roles, including compliance chief operating officer. She also previously served as designated CCO at UBS.
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Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank agreed to pay $361 million to resolve allegations from the SEC the bank failed to implement internal controls to track the sale of $17.7 billion worth of unregistered securities transactions.
