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Board of Directors
Marcus Agius, Group Chairmana (65)
Skills and experience: Marcus joined the Barclays Board in September
2006 as a non-executive Director and was appointed Chairman on
1 January 2007. Marcus has extensive city and commercial experience,
having spent over 40 years in the banking sector, holding senior positions
such as Chairman of Lazard in London and Deputy Chairman of Lazard
LLC. Marcus also has a wealth of non-executive experience that includes
a number of non-executive directorships and the chairmanship of
BAA plc from 2001 until 2006.
Other principal 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 IIEB; 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.
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
Citizenship Committee since August 2011.
Bob Diamond, Chief Executive; Executive Director (60)
Skills and experience: Bob became Chief Executive on 1 January 2011,
having previously held the position of President of Barclays PLC and Chief
Executive of Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth Management,
comprising Barclays Capital, Barclays Corporate and Barclays Wealth. Bob
became an executive Director in June 2005 and has been a member of
the Barclays Executive Committee since September 1997. Bob has a
wealth of industry knowledge, with over 30 years of experience in the
banking industry. 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, Bob worked at Morgan Stanley International as Managing
Director and Head of Fixed Income Trading, spending 13 years with the firm.
Other principal external appointments: 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; 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; Director, Imperial War Museum Foundation.
David Booth, Non-executive Directorb (57)
Skills and experience: David joined the Board in May 2007 as a non-
executive Director. David has extensive banking industry knowledge and
experience, having previously been employed by Morgan Stanley from
1982 to 1992, and again from 1995 to 1997. David held various key
positions within the company, including Head of Government Bond
Trading, Head of Mortgage Trading, Sales and Finance and Head of Global
Operations and Technology. Having retired from the Management
Committee of Morgan Stanley in 1997, David now manages his own
venture capital investments.
Other principal external appointments: Director of East Ferry
Investors, Inc.
Committee membership: Chairman of the Board Risk Committee since
January 2010 (member since January 2008); Member of Board Corporate
Governance and Nominations Committee since January 2010.
Alison Carnwath, Non-executive Directorb (59)
Skills and experience: Alison joined the Board on 1 August 2010 as a
non-executive Director. Alison has extensive experience of the banking
industry, having worked in corporate finance and investment banking for
20 years from 1980 to 2000 before pursuing a portfolio career. Alison also
has significant board experience, having held a number of non-executive
directorships and the chairmanship of a listed company. During her career,
Alison was a senior partner of Phoenix Securities and Managing Director,
New York at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Alison was also a director of
J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co, where she worked for 10 years.
Other principal external appointments: Non-executive Chairman of Land
Securities Group PLC since November 2008; Non-executive Director of
Malachite Advisors Limited; Non-executive Director of Man Group plc;
Independent Director of Paccar Inc; Senior Advisor at Evercore Partners LLP.
Committee membership: Member of the Board Audit Committee since
October 2010; Chairman of the Board Remuneration Committee since July
2011 (member since October 2010); Member of the Board Corporate
Governance and Nominations Committee since July 2011.
Fulvio Conti, Non-executive Directorb (64)
Skills and experience: Fulvio joined the Board in April 2006 as a
non-executive Director. Fulvio has significant financial and business
experience from a career spanning over 35 years, and has been CEO
of Enel SpA, the Italian energy company, since 2005. During his career,
Fulvio has held the role of Chief Financial Officer for various private and
government owned entities in Italy, and was in charge of finance at
Montedison-Compart, and head of the accounting, finance, and control
department of Montecatini. He has also held positions in finance and
operations in various affiliates of Mobil Oil Corporation in Italy and Europe.
Other principal external appointments: Director of ENDESA SA since
June 2009; Director of AON Corporation since January 2008; Director of
Italian Institute of Technology since October 2011; President of Eurelectric
since June 2011.
Committee membership: Member of the Board Audit Committee since
September 2006.
Notes
a Independent on appointment.
b Independent non-executive Director.
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