Barclaycard Appoints New U.S. CEO

Curt Hess has become CEO of Barclaycard US, Barclays’ U.S. payment business, after serving as interim CEO since May. He had succeeded Amer Sajed, who was promoted to interim CEO of Barclaycard, the division’s global business, when Val Keating departed. Hess, who has worked for Barclays for eight years, most recently served as its CFO of personal and corporate banking in London. He’s also held CFO and CEO roles within other Barclays departments, including retail and business banking for Europe and Africa. He has more than 25 years of credit card and finance experience, including at Citibank and Bank of America.