Barclays Appoints Head of Markets Innovation

Barclays has named Justin Brickwood as managing director, head of markets innovation. Based in London, he will join Barclays in September and will report to John Stecher, chief innovation officer at the bank. In what is a newly-created role, Brickwood will, the bank says, be responsible for driving client focused innovation across its Markets division’s electronic offerings as well as increasing the efficiency of the bank’s internal platforms. “He will partner with colleagues across markets and technology to enhance the client offering, incorporating the best artificial intelligence, machine learning and optimisation techniques,” Barclays adds.