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Leadership and governance
Group Executive Committee
Bob Diamond (59)
Chief Executive, Executive Director
Chris Lucas (50)
Group Finance Director,
Executive Director
See pages 9 and 11 for full
biographies.
Robert Le Blanc
Chief Risk Officer
Mark Harding
Group General Counsel
Antony Jenkins
Chief Executive of
Global Retail Banking
Thomas L Kalaris
Chief Executive of Barclays Wealth
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.
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).
Key responsibilities
Board of Directors
The Board is collectively responsible
for the success of the Group: the
executive Directors are directly
responsible for running the business
operations and the non-executive
Directors are responsible for
bringing independent judgement
and scrutiny to decisions taken
by the Board. In addition to their
statutory duties, the Directors
must ensure that the Board focuses
effectively on all its accountabilities.
The Board determines the strategic
objectives and policies of the Group
to deliver long-term value, providing
overall strategic direction within an
appropriate framework of rewards,
incentives and controls.
Executive Committee
The Board delegates the
responsibility for the day-to-day
management of the Company
to the Chief Executive and he is
responsible for ensuring that the
business is operating effectively.
The Chief Executive chairs the
Executive Committee, which
supports him in this role. The
Executive Committee is supported
by a number of management
committees, including the
Disclosure Committee, the
Group Governance and Control
Committee, the Group Risk
Oversight Committee and the
Group Brand and Reputation
Committee.
Further information on the
responsibilities of the Board and
the Executive Committee can be
found in the Corporate Governance
Report on pages 149 to 165.
Jerry del Missier
Co-Chief Executive of Barclays
Capital and Co-Chief Executive of
Corporate and Investment Banking
Maria Ramos
Group Chief Executive of Absa
Rich Ricci
Co-Chief Executive of Barclays
Capital and Co-Chief Executive of
Corporate and Investment Banking
Cathy Turner
Barclays Human Resources
Director
Jerry 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 Room
to Read, the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association
(SIFMA), the Global Financial
Markets Association (GFMA),
the Markets Management Group
(MMG) of the International
Institute of Finance (IIF), and the
Advisory Board of the Queen’s
University School of Business in
Kingston, Ontario.
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 the 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). She currently serves on
the executive committees of the
International Business Council,
the World Bank Chief Economist
Advisory Panel, 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. Cathy has announced
her departure from Barclays
and will be leaving on 31st
March 2011.
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