Barclays has appointed Anita Tanna as its first Chief AI Officer, bringing a dedicated leadership focus to accelerating artificial intelligence adoption across the banking group.
Tanna brings 22 years of financial services experience, spanning equity sales, financial markets and investment banking. She joined Barclays in 2021 as Managing Director and EMEA Head of Equity Sales for its Corporate and Investment Bank, before becoming Group Chief of Staff in 2024.
Prior to Barclays, she spent nearly 12 years at Citi in senior global and international sales leadership roles. She began her career at Bear Stearns and later joined Goldman Sachs, specialising in equity research and sales.
In her new role, Tanna will focus on translating Barclays’ established AI capabilities into broader enterprise adoption, embedding AI into business processes and driving coordinated implementation across the organisation.
Her appointment underscores the growing importance of dedicated AI leadership in scaling enterprise-wide transformation across global banking.
