Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2025-2027

Biography
A British national, Laura Barlow holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Oxford and a Chartered Accountant Diploma from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. From 2003 to 2010, she was Managing Director of the international management consultancy  AlixPartners, where she acted as an advisor and interim manager for clients in complex cross-border restructurings across a wide range of sectors. From 2010 to 2020, she worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (now NatWest Group) as Global Head of Restructuring, Interim Group Chief Risk Officer and Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, and from 2014 to 2016, was a Trustee of the RBS Group Pension Scheme, Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee and a member of the Investment Committee. From 2021 to 2025, Laura Barlow served as Head of Sustainability at Barclays Bank and from 2022 to 2024, was a member of the UNEP-FI Banking Council, representing Western European banks.

Other offices held currently in foreign non-listed companies
Director: Countgrove Ltd (United Kingdom) (since April 2025).