Our Culture

The Barclays Capital’s culture puts emphasis on teamwork and a collaborative approach.  As a meritocracy, the firm recognizes and rewards talent and innovation, while encouraging training and development among its staff.  Barclays Capital applies an intellectual rigour to its strategy and day-to-day management, questioning each decision on the basis of its value to clients and shareholders.

The firm’s culture is expressed through five guiding principles:

• Winning together- We operate seamlessly across geographies and functions as one firm.  We look for opportunities to help others accomplish goals and actively contribute to the firm’s successes. We have a low tolerance for bureaucracy and politics, and invite open discussion.
• Client focus- Our clients’ interests always come first.  We are committed to flawless execution and going the extra mile for our clients.  We deliver on promises but never promise what we can’t deliver.  We stress innovation, creativity, quality, and dedication and are always solutions-driven.
• The best people- We strive to hire, develop, and retain the best professionals in the business. We recognize, foster, and reward merit, while encouraging training and development to maintain and enhance our professional expertise. We are committed to valuing and leveraging diversity in our people. Our commitment to diversity has been embedded through firmwide support of employee networks. The networks work in partnership with the firm to foster an inclusive environment and raise diversity awareness within Barclays Capital. Senior managers across the firm are committed to ensuring that diversity is integral to our business strategy through their membership of global and regional diversity committees and their support of strategic diversity action plans.
• Trusted- We expect the highest ethical standards to be maintained and seek compliance with the law and regulations. We acknowledge mistakes and encourage constructive disagreement.  In everything we do, we focus on the processes and controls to protect the Barclays brand and our shareholders.
• Pioneering- Our pioneering spirit delivers superior solutions for our clients. There is widespread awareness and pride in our firsts, evidence that we are already delivering an inventive spirit.  It strikes a chord with each of us individually, making us feel that we have lots of ideas to contribute. It also suggests an energetic, ideas-centric, creative organization - something each of us would feel proud to be part of.