Top Barclays Banker Quits To Fight Trump Assault on Civil Liberties

Barclays’s Amer Sajed will leave executive role in July
Sajed said to be concerned for rights of Muslims, immigrants

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By Stephen Morris

March 22, 2017 at 10:10 AM UTC

Updated on

March 22, 2017 at 2:29 PM UTC

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One of Barclays Plc’s most senior U.S. executives is retiring to fight for civil liberties in his adopted homeland amid concerns about the rights of Muslims, immigrants and women.

Amer Sajed, a 56-year-old Pakistan-born immigrant who moved to the U.S. to attend college, will step down from his role leading the bank’s credit-card business in July. He has been working with the American Civil Liberties Union and other grassroots community organizations after being spurred into action by the acrimonious political climate under President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with his thinking.