Curt Holst
Digital Accessibility Manager, Barclays and Paul Cavanagh, Lean Control Tool Product Manager, Barclays
Curt Holst joined Barclays in June 2013 after ten years as an accessibility consultant with the charity AbilityNet. Curt's role within the team is to ensure that technologies used by colleagues, customers and suppliers are designed and developed with accessibility in mind from the outset by engaging technology teams internally, as well as external experts to leverage accessibility best practice, and to boost awareness of accessibility amongst a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation.
Curt is also involved in the maintenance of Barclays Accessibility Standards and Assessments which projects use to gauge the level of compliance with these standards and has lead work on behalf of the team to ensure that our mobile banking apps have received accessibility accreditation and is leading on the implementation of automated testing as part of our move to Agile. He his involved on day-to-day basis with project teams acting as consultant and in compliance/dispensation approval as well as providing consulting and training to these teams. Curt is also on the Organisational Development committee of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals. He believes strongly that accessibility should become part-and-parcel of total customers' experience we provide and embedded within the Barclays culture.