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12 Barclays PLC Annual Report 2009 www.barclays.com/annualreport09
Leadership and governance
Executive committee
Antony Jenkins
Chief Executive of
Global Retail Banking
Mark Harding
Group General Counsel
Thomas L Kalaris
Chief Executive of
Barclays Wealth
Jerry del Missier
President of Barclays
Capital and Co-Chief
Executive of Corporate
and Investment Banking
Jerry is responsible for the firm’s Global
Markets businesses, encompassing the
Trading, Sales and Research functions
globally. He joined Barclays Capital in June
1997 from Bankers Trust in London where
he had been a Senior Managing Director of
Derivatives Products, responsible for the
European business. Prior to this, he was
based in Toronto, Canada, where he was
responsible for the Canadian Dollar interest
rate derivatives business. Before Bankers
Trust, he worked for the Bank of Nova Scotia.
Jerry currently serves on the Boards of SIFMA
(Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association), Room to Read and Queen’s
University.
Mark joined Barclays as Group General
Counsel in 2003. Included within his area
of responsibility are legal and regulatory
compliance issues throughout the bank. He
chairs the Group Operating Committee and
Group Governance and Control Committee.
Previously, Mark was a partner in the
international law firm, Clifford Chance, where
his practice spanned bank finance, capital
markets and financial services regulation. He
spent four years at UBS as General Counsel
of its investment bank. Mark is past
Chairman of the General Counsel 100 Group
and of the Board of the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association (ISDA). He is a
Governor of the College of Law.
Antony was appointed Chief Executive of
Global Retail Banking and joined the Barclays
Executive Committee in November 2009.
Prior to that he had been Chief Executive of
Barclaycard since January 2006. Antony is a
Barclays appointed non-executive Director of
Absa, which is majority owned by Barclays.
Since October 2008, Antony has been on the
Board of Visa Europe Ltd.
Tom joined Barclays in September 1996
after 18 years at JP Morgan where he held
a number of roles, including Head of Fixed
Income Sales, Trading and Research, and
was responsible for all activities with
investors in the United States. He has served
on the US Treasury Borrowing Advisory
Committee and is a former Chair of the US
Bond Market Association, a predecessor
organisation to SIFMA (Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association).
Rich Ricci
Co-Chief Executive of
Corporate and Investment
Banking
Maria Ramos
Group Chief Executive
of Absa
Robert Le Blanc
Chief Risk Officer
Cathy Turner
Barclays Human
Resources Director
Robert has been the Chief Risk Officer for
Barclays Group since 2004. He first joined
Barclays in 2002 as Head of Risk
Management at Barclays Capital. Robert is
a non-executive Director of Absa, which is
majority owned by Barclays. Before joining
Barclays, Robert spent most of his career at
JP Morgan in the capital markets, fixed
income, emerging market and credit areas
in New York and London.
Maria is the Group Chief Executive of
Absa Group Ltd, which is majority owned by
Barclays. Prior to joining Absa on 1st March
2009, she was Group Chief Executive of
Transnet Limited, the state-owned South
African freight transport and logistics
service provider. This was after a successful
term as Director-General of the National
Treasury (formerly the Department of
Finance). Maria is an accomplished
academic, who has previously taught at
various institutions. She currently serves
on the executive committees of the
International Business Council, the World
Bank Chief Economist Advisory Panel,
Business Trust (South Africa), Business
Leadership South Africa and the Banking
Association of South Africa.
Rich joined Barclays Capital in 1994 and
assumed responsibility for several of its
support areas. He became Chief Operating
Officer (COO) of Barclays Global Investors
(BGI) and a member of the BGI Executive
Committee in December 2002. In January
2005, Rich was appointed COO of Barclays
Investment Banking and Investment
Management businesses comprising
Barclays Capital, Barclays Wealth and BGI.
Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Rich held
senior front-office, finance and technology
positions at the Bank of Boston and the Bank
of New England.
Cathy was appointed as Group Human
Resources Director in April 2005 prior to
which she held the position as Investor
Relations Director for four years. In July 2008
her remit was extended to include Strategy,
Corporate Affairs and Brand and Marketing.
Prior to Barclays, Cathy was a Practice Leader
at Ernst and Young and has previously held
roles at Deloitte, Watson Wyatt, Percom and
Volex Plc. Cathy is a Council Member of the
Royal College of Art and a Board Member of
the IFS School of Finance.
Robert E Diamond Jr (58)
President of Barclays PLC
and CEO of Corporate and
Investment Banking, and
Wealth Management,
Executive Director
John Varley (53)
Group Chief Executive,
Executive Director,
Chairman of the
Executive Committee
Chris Lucas (49)
Group Finance Director,
Executive Director
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