Claire O'Connor is a Managing Director and Head of Loan Capital Markets & Acquisition Finance in the Americas at Barclays.   She is responsible for the origination and structuring of corporate and acquisition financings for major corporate clients, and has led a number of the largest global capital raises in the industry.  Under her leadership, Barclays was awarded Loan House of the Year by IFR.  She is Chair of the Capital Commitment Committee and the Investment Banking Distribution Committee.  Claire is also Chair of Barclays Women’s Initiative Network (Win),  heads the Banking Diversity Committee and is actively involved in recruiting. Claire joined Barclays in 2008 as head of Acquisition Finance, before taking on responsibility for Loan Capital Markets in 2010.   Prior to joining Barclays, Claire built and led the Acquisition Finance business for Lehman Brothers, which she  joined in 2005 from JPMorgan.  At JPMorgan, she held a variety of positions in Loan Syndications, Retail sector banking coverage, Asset-Backed Securities and Sovereign Debt Restructuring.  Claire recently served on the Board of the Metro NY Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women and its Executive Committee. She is married with three children and graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in American Studies.