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Lloyds promotes 3 senior bankers

(13 October 2017 – Europe) Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Ed Thurman as head of global transaction banking (GTB) following changes in senior management in its commercial banking division.

Lloyds said Thurman, currently managing director of its financial institutions (FI) business, will take over as managing director of GTB on 1 November. The unit supports firms with day-to-day banking transactions, such as payments.

Robina Barker Bennett, currently audit director for commercial banking, will take over as head of FI. Barker Bennett led Lloyds’ FI division in North America between 2013 and 2016.

The changes follow the appointment of Adrian Walker, who currently runs GTB, as investment management director in Lloyds’ group transformation division.

In July, the bank created the same role for Asia, appointing Shivkumar Seerapu.