XCEL STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2008
Barclays Capital Xcel Student of the Year Award
WINNER - Alexander Rose
University: University of the Arts, London
Course: BA Graphic Design and Media
Barclays Capital Xcel
Business and Commerce Student of the Year Award
WINNER - Bernadette Quick
University: University of Wolverhampton
Course: BA (Hons) Marketing
Barclays Capital
To achieve our goal of being the premier global investment bank in risk management and financing, at Barclays Capital, we recognise the importance of attracting, retaining, and developing diverse world-class professionals. We identify, foster and reward all talent, valuing and leveraging the diversity amongst our people to offer our clients creative and innovative solutions.
The annual intake of interns and graduates at Barclays Capital provides an outstanding opportunity to broaden the range of cultures and backgrounds contributing to the continued success of Barclays Capital. A true meritocracy, we will never lower the bar on quality, but we are eager to widen the scope of our search for excellence. As part of this drive, we work closely with a number of organisations such as Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and student networks such as Elevation Networks who help us find wellqualified candidates from under-represented ethnic groups.
We hope our link to Xcel and sponsorship of its Student of the Year Awards will provide us with many more!
Actually, where our new recruits come from is of less interest than where they plan to go. Our rapid growth has been built on ideas and innovation, and our future expansion will continue to be driven by the creativity of our people working closely with our clients. Unashamedly client-centric, we are building an internal culture that services clients with the best ideas and the most interesting solutions.
Interested? Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank Plc, which has an AA long-term credit rating and a balance sheet of over £1.2 trillion. We have offices in 29 countries, over 16,200 employees and a distinctive business model focused exclusively on our clients’ success.
Uncertain exactly what investment banking involves? In short, it’s about finding the right financing and risk management solutions for our clients over the long term. Barclays Capital provides large corporates, financial
institutions and governments with a range of innovative financing and risk management solutions, from bonds and commodities to loans and private equity. To get a feel for what working for us in a graduate role can be like, read Grace’s graduate profile on life on the trading floor, working in Sales!
For more information on our graduate programme and
opportunities we offer, please visit our graduate website at:
www.barclayscapital.com/expectexcellence
