GlobalData plc announced the appointments of Annette Barnes and Andrew Day to the board of the company as non-executive directors with effect from February 27, 2017. Annette Marie Barnes, is currently employed as managing director, Wealth & Mass Affluent and CEO of Lloyds Bank Private Banking Ltd. (subject to regulatory approval). Annette's previous role was managing director of Bank of Scotland (Retail). Annette's 30 years of financial services and customer service experience together with her proven leadership ability should prove invaluable to the group. Andrew David Day, is currently employed as chief data officer for J Sainsbury plc where he has responsibility for delivering commercial and customer value through data, analytics and data science. Andrew has a successful track record for implementing transformational data driven change in each of his roles. Andrew's business intelligence and customer-focused experience in consumer and retail should prove a real benefit to the group.