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Barclays to add current Babcock chairman to board

The logo of Barclays bank is seen on glass lamps outside of a branch of the bank in the City of London financial district in London September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

(Reuters) - Barclays Plc BARC.L said it would add Mike Turner, current chair of British engineering firms Babcock International Group Plc BAB.L and GKN GKN.L, to its board as a non-executive director.

Turner, who was chief executive at defense contractor BAE Systems BAES.L between 2002 and 2008, would start with Barclays from Jan. 1.

Reporting by Rahul B in Bengaluru; Editing by Adrian Croft

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