Marex Group Plc has appointed Liz Barrett as Group Head of HR. Liz joins on June 24, and brings over twenty years of experience in financial services. Liz replaces Karen Neffar who leaves Marex to pursue personal interests and other projects.

Reporting to Ian Lowitt, Chief Executive Officer of Marex, Liz will be responsible for the global HR strategy and will be a member of the Executive Committee. Liz brings specific expertise in international business, organisational transformation and culture programmes. Liz joins from Eight Cubed, an HR consultancy, where she has spent the last four years working on a number of international transformation assignments.

Prior to this, Liz was a managing director of the London Stock Exchange, with roles in acquisition integration as well as HR, and before that spent five years at Lloyds Banking Group in a number of senior HR and operational roles. She has lived and worked globally, including assignments in Hong Kong, India, Philippines, Switzerland and the USA. Liz has a Doctorate in Business Administration from Cranfield University, focusing on strategic HR management, as well as an MBA and a PhD in Psychology.