Barclays said its finance director Chris Lucas and its top legal expert are to retire, adding to change at the top of the British bank as it struggles to put a series of scandals behind it.
Lucas, aged 52, has been finance director for a tough six years that spanned the global financial crisis, but the past nine months have been particularly difficult. He is one of four current and former employees being investigated by UK authorities regarding a capital injection by Qatar in 2008.
Group General Counsel Mark Harding will also retire, the bank said in a statement on Sunday. Both will remain in their roles until their successors have been found and an appropriate handover completed.
The bank said headhunters had been appointed, but it expected the process to take "a considerable time" to complete. It could take up to a year to fill Lucas's position, people familiar with the matter told Reuters earlier on Sunday. Sky News first reported Lucas would leave.
Sources said Lucas's
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