LAURA BARLOW

About LAURA BARLOW

Laura Barlow is a British board director with a strong track record in banking, restructuring, strategic transformation, risk management and sustainability. She is an independent director of Société Générale and a member of the Risk Committee. She was co-opted to the Board with effect from 1 September 2025, and her appointment was due to be ratified at the General Meeting on 27 May 2026. Her appointment reflects Société Générale’s intention to strengthen its board capabilities in banking, prudential oversight and ESG. Laura Barlow holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford and is a Chartered Accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She built her career across consulting and financial services, developing a profile shaped by complex situations and senior-level responsibility. From 2003 to 2010, she was Managing Director at AlixPartners, where she advised and acted as interim leader for clients involved in complex cross-border restructurings across a wide range of sectors. This period established her reputation for handling turnaround situations, crisis management and execution discipline. She then spent a decade at Royal Bank of Scotland, later NatWest Group, where she held several senior roles: Global Head of Restructuring, interim Group Chief Risk Officer, and Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking. Between 2014 and 2016, she also served as a trustee of the RBS Group pension scheme, chairing the Risk and Audit Committee and sitting on the Investment Committee. These mandates underline her depth in governance, risk control and institutional oversight. From 2021 to 2025, Laura Barlow served as Head of Sustainability at Barclays Bank, extending her expertise into responsible finance and the strategic integration of ESG priorities. She was also a member of the UNEP-FI Banking Board from 2022 to 2024, representing Western European banks. At Société Générale, she brings a combination of banking expertise, transformation experience and sustainability leadership that is particularly relevant to board-level decision-making and risk supervision.