GC Diversity and Inclusion interview
Alison Gaskins is the chief of staff to Bob Hoyt, Barclays’ general counsel, providing central support to the legal function and to the business units that legal supports. She discusses the function’s commitment to D&I, and the work that Barclays does across the organisation.
Alison Gaskins (AG): As Chair of the Legal Diversity and Inclusion Council, I am ultimately responsible for fostering a culture in legal in which we can share and appreciate our perspectives and differences, and where colleagues can properly express who they are. My predecessors, Judith Shepherd and Erica Handling, did an outstanding job running D&I in the past and so it makes me think that there is something in the lawyer role that shares kinship with this effort, possibly because in the classic sense, lawyers have to operate without prejudice, taking a big picture view in all we do.
