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Leadership and governance
Board of Directors
Marcus Agius (64)
Group Chairman
Bob Diamond (59)
Chief Executive,
Executive Director
Sir Richard Broadbent (57)
Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director
David Booth (56)
Non-executive Director
Biography Marcus’ extensive background in
banking began at Lazard where he
worked from 1972 to 2006, latterly
as Chairman of Lazard in London
and Deputy Chairman of Lazard
LLC. He is currently Chairman of
the British Bankers’ Association,
Senior Independent Director of the
British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC) and Chairman of the
Trustees of The Royal Botanic
Gardens. Marcus is also a
Business Ambassador for UK
Trade and Investment, a member
of the Advisory Council of
TheCityUK, and a member of the
Takeover Panel. He was formerly
Chairman of BAA plc, a position
he held from 2002 until 2006.
Bob became Chief Executive on
1st January 2011. Previously, he
was President of Barclays PLC and
Chief Executive of Corporate &
Investment Banking and Wealth
Management, comprising Barclays
Capital, Barclays Corporate and
Barclays Wealth. Before joining
Barclays, Bob was Vice Chairman
and Head of Global Fixed Income
and Foreign Exchange at CS First
Boston, where he was also a
member of the Executive Board
and Operating Committee. Prior
to this, he was Managing Director
and Head of Fixed Income Trading
at Morgan Stanley International,
spending 13 years with the firm.
Bob is a non-executive Director
of BlackRock, Inc.
Sir Richard has experience
of both the private and public
sector having worked in high-level
banking roles and the Civil Service.
He was the Executive Chairman
of HM Customs and Excise from
2000 to 2003. Formerly he was a
member of the Group Executive
Committee of Schroders PLC and
a non-executive Director of the
Securities Institute. He was
Chairman of Arriva PLC until
August 2010.
David manages his own venture
capital investments, having retired
from the Management Committee
of Morgan Stanley in 1997. David
was employed by Morgan Stanley
from 1982 to 1992, and again
from 1995 to 1997 where he held
various key positions, including
Head of Government Bond
Trading, Head of Mortgage
Trading, Sales and Finance and
Head of Global Operations and
Technology.
Term of office Marcus joined the Board
in September 2006 as a
non-executive Director and
was appointed Chairman on
1st January 2007. Marcus was
last re-elected by shareholders
at the AGM in 2010.
Bob was appointed President and
became an executive Director in
June 2005. He has been a member
of the Barclays Executive
Committee since September
1997. Bob was last re-elected by
shareholders at the AGM in 2009.
Sir Richard joined the Board in
September 2003. Appointed
Senior Independent Director on
1st September 2004 and Deputy
Chairman on 16 July 2009. Sir
Richard was last re-elected by
shareholders at the AGM in 2010.
David joined the Board in May
2007. David was last re-elected by
shareholders at the AGM in 2010.
Independent On appointment No Yes Yes
External
appointments
Chairman of the British Bankers’
Association since 2010. Senior
Independent Director of the BBC
since 2006. Member of the
Executive Committee of the
Institut International D’Etudes
Bancaires. Business Ambassador
for UK Trade and Investment.
Member of the Advisory Council
of TheCityUK. Member of the
Takeover Panel. Chairman of
the Trustees of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew. Chairman of
The Foundation and Friends of
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Chairman of Lazard in London and
Deputy Chairman of Lazard LLC
until 2006. Chairman of BAA plc
until 2006.
Non-executive Director of
BlackRock, Inc. Chairman, Board
of Trustees of Colby College,
Waterville, Maine. Chairman,
Old Vic Productions,Plc. Trustee,
The Mayor’s Fund for London.
Member of the Advisory Board,
Judge Business School at
Cambridge University. Board
Member, The Diamond Family
Foundation. Member of
International Advisory Board,
British-American Business Council.
Life Member of The Council on
Foreign Relations. Member of
The International Advisory Board,
The Atlantic Council.
Chairman of Arriva PLC until
2010. Trustee of Relate since
2011. Executive Chairman of
HM Customs and Excise until
2003. Former Group Executive
Committee member of Schroders
PLC. Non-executive Director of
the Securities Institute until 1995.
Director of East Ferry Investors,
Inc. Various positions at Morgan
Stanley & Co. until 1997. Director
of the Discount Corporation of
New York until 1993.
Committee
membership
Chairman of the Board Corporate
Governance and Nominations
Committee since January 2007.
Member of the Board
Remuneration Committee
since January 2007.
Chairman of the Board
Remuneration Committee since
January 2007 (member since
April 2004). Member of the
Board Corporate Governance
and Nominations Committee
since September 2004. Former
member of the Board Risk
Committee (April 2004 until
September 2010), which he
chaired between January 2006
and December 2009.
Chairman of the Board Risk
Committee since January 2010
(member since January 2008).
Member of the Board Corporate
Governance and Nominations
Committee since January 2010.
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