Eric Barnett, a former senior finance executive at GlaxoSmithKline, has joined GrowthFinance, a provider of financial advisory services.

Barnett has 15 years of experience in financial management and accounting.

“Eric is a super addition to our senior team,” said Dave Gilroy, managing director of GrowthFinance. “He has enormous depth in financial management and accounting in the life sciences arena, and his unique dual qualifications in finance and medicine make him an ideal partner in driving the business of health care.”

GrowthFinance has offices in Raleigh and Charlotte.