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Directors and Officers
Directors and Officers of Barclays PLC
and Barclays Bank PLC
1 Matthew William Barrett, Chairman (age 60) was appointed as
Chairman on 1st September 2004. He had been Group Chief Executive
since October 1999, when he joined the Board. He joined Barclays
from Bank of Montreal where he was Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. He joined the Bank of Montreal in 1962. In 1994, he became
an Officer of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian
honour, and in 1995, he was awarded the title of Canada’s Outstanding
CEO of the Year. He is a Member of the International Advisory Board of
British American Business Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s
International Advisory Committee, Institut International D’Etudes
Bancaires, the Chartered Management Institute, and the European
Financial Services Round Table. He chairs the Board Corporate
Governance and Nominations Committee.
2 Thomas David Guy Arculus(a) (age 58) joined the Board in February
1997. He is Chairman of O2plc and the UK Government’s Better
Regulation Task Force. He is also a member of the Finance Committee
of Oxford University Press. His previous positions include Chairman
of Severn Trent plc, Earls Court and Olympia Group Limited and IPC
Group Limited, and Group Managing Director of EMAP plc. He is a
member of the Board HR and Remuneration Committee and the Board
Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee.
3 Sir Richard Broadbent(a), Senior Independent Director (age 51)
joined the Board in September 2003. He was appointed Senior
Independent Director on 1st September 2004. He is Chairman of
Arriva plc and was previously the Executive Chairman of HM Customs
and Excise from 2000 to 2003. He was formerly a member of the
Group Executive Committee of Schroders plc and a non-executive
Director of the Securities Institute. He is a member of the Board HR
and Remuneration Committee, the Board Corporate Governance and
Nominations Committee and the Board Risk Committee.
4 Richard Leigh Clifford(a) (age 57) joined the Board on 1st October
2004. He is Chief Executive of Rio Tinto, having worked for the
Rio Tinto Group since 1970. He has extensive experience of managing
a business that operates in a number of global regions. He was
previously Chairman of the Coal Industry Advisory Board of the
International Energy Agency and until May 2004, a Director of
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc.
5 Professor Dame Sandra June Noble Dawson(a) (age 58) joined the
Board in March 2003. She is currently KPMG Professor of Management
Studies at the University of Cambridge, and has been Director of the
Judge Institute at Cambridge since 1995, and Master of Sidney Sussex
College, Cambridge since 1999. Professor Dawson has held a range of
non-executive posts in organisations including Rand Europe (UK), the
Society for the Advancement of Management Studies, JP Morgan
Fleming Claverhouse Investment Trust, and Riverside Mental Health
Trust. She was also a member of the Senior Salaries Review Board.
She is a member of the Board Audit Committee.
6 Sir Andrew Likierman(a) (age 61) joined the Board on 1st September
2004. He was previously Managing Director, Financial Management,
Reporting and Audit and Head of the Government Accountancy
Service at HM Treasury. He is Professor of Management Practice
in Accounting at the London Business School and a non-executive
Director of the Bank of England and MORI Group Limited. He is a
member of the Board Audit and Board Risk Committees.
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