Barley Laing

Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa.


Barley Laing joined Melissa in 2014 during an exciting expansion phase of the California headquartered company. As UK Managing Director with 15 years of data industry experience, his role is focused on meeting the data quality and compliance needs for organisations in the UK and worldwide. The team that Barley heads at Melissa’s Canary Wharf office provides sales, data consultancy and technical support for their wide range of software solutions, which help businesses to achieve efficient data management and meet ID, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know your Customer (KYC) requirements. Under his leadership Melissa’s UK office has experienced strong growth during the last four years, with a 77% increase in annual turnover in 2018. Over this period, he has significantly grown the UK client base, which includes: Creditsafe, MetaBank, Tranzfar, BAE Systems, GSK, NHS, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.