London - Barclays, under fire from shareholders for raising bonuses despite a fall in profit, will appoint Crawford Gillies to its board on Tuesday, Sky News reported, citing sources.
Sky News said Gillies, who will join the bank as a non-executive director in the coming weeks, will take over chairmanship of the remuneration committee from John Sunderland later this year.
A spokesperson for Barclays declined to comment.
The British bank angered some shareholders after raising its bonus payouts for staff by 10% last year, despite a one-third drop in profit, and pressure is building on CEO Antony Jenkins to rein in pay at the bank.
Gillies holds directorships at Standard Life, Scottish Enterprise and Mitie Group.