About

Barclays Bank of Kenya is a part of Absa Group, an African financial services group that is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the content with around 42,000 employees. The in-house legal team at Barclays Bank of Kenya provide expert advice on the Bank’s retail, business, corporate and investment and wealth management divisions and is managed by head of legal and secretarial services, Elizabeth Willilo, who has more than 12 years of experience in the industry and is passionate about nurturing talent and developing the legal department. The legal department has been tasked with the rebranding of Absa, formerly Barclays Africa Group, following last year’s sale by the UK banking giant of its stake in Africa, in which Absa Group became a parent company to Barclays Bank Kenya. Recently, Barclays Bank has been deemed the most gender-diverse company in Kenya according to a corporate governance study by Cytonn. The legal department has been behind encouraging the diversity within the company through internally implementing effective labour law policies, and contributing towards an improved corporate governance, which is key to investor protection.