UK wealth manager Barclays Wealth is expanding its technology division with the recruitment of 11 senior staff to support the growth of the company’s infrastructure platform within Glasgow, with more to follow.

As part of the recruitment campaign in Glasgow, which has seen the creation of 199 new roles in 2008, the technology division now has 218 permanent employees in place to develop the infrastructure hub.  

Iain MacGillivray joins as technology director from UBS where he was executive director with responsibility for all financial instruments, currencies and commodities IT in Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for technology for Barclays Stockbrokers, working alongside current division heads. Ten other appointments are at associate director level.

Since the beginning of 2007 over 670 new members of staff have joined the company across its technology, HR, finance and operations divisions.

Malcolm Macallan, director of technology at Barclays Wealth, said: “The wealth platform in Glasgow provides the backbone for the full range of services provided to our expanding client base and it’s important we continue to attract this level of talent to the business as we execute our growth and improvement plans.”