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Barclays PLC Annual Report 2004
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7 Sir Nigel Rudd, DL(a), Deputy Chairman (age 58) joined the Board
in February 1996. He is non-executive Chairman of Pilkington PLC,
Pendragon PLC and Boots Group PLC. He was formerly Chairman
of Kidde PLC. He is Chairman of the Board HR and Remuneration
Committee and a member of the Board Corporate Governance and
Nominations Committee.
8 Stephen George Russell(a) (age 59) joined the Board in October
2000 on completion of the acquisition of Woolwich plc. He joined
Woolwich plc’s Board as a non-executive Director in 1998. He was
Chief Executive of Boots Group PLC from 2000 until 2003. He is
Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee
and is a member of the Board Corporate Governance and Nominations
Committee.
9 Dr Jürgen Zech(a) (age 65) joined the Board in July 2002. Dr Zech
is Chairman of Denkwerk GmbH. He retired as Chief Executive of
Gerling-Konzern, the general insurance arm of Gerling, at the end
of 2001. He is a non-executive Director of Misys PLC and Partner,
Re Limited. He is a member of the Board Audit Committee.
10 John Silvester Varley(b)(c), Group Chief Executive (age 48) was
appointed as Group Chief Executive on 1st September 2004, prior to
which he had been Group Deputy Chief Executive from 1st January 2004.
He held the position of Group Finance Director from 2000 until the end
of 2003. He joined the Group Executive Committee in September 1996
and was appointed to the Board in June 1998. He was Chief Executive
of Retail Financial Services from 1998 to 2000 and was Chairman of the
Asset Management Division from 1995 to 1998.
11 Roger William John Davis(b)(c), Chief Executive, UK Banking
(age 48) was appointed as Chief Executive of UK Banking on
1st January 2004 and joined the Board on the same date. He joined
Barclays in February 1997 and his previous roles for the Group include
Chief Executive of Business Banking and Chairman and Chief Executive
of Barclays Capital, Asia Pacific. He joined the Group Executive
Committee in February 2003. Before joining Barclays, he spent
12 years in the British Army and began his City career at Robert
Fleming & Co where he was a member of the Board of Jardine Fleming
Holdings and Managing Director of Jardine Fleming India.
12 Robert Edward Diamond Jr(c), Chief Executive, Barclays Capital,
Chairman, Barclays Global Investors, and Chief Executive, Private
Clients (age 53) was appointed as Chief Executive, Barclays Capital
in October 1997 and Chairman, Barclays Global Investors in August
2002. From 1st January 2005 he also assumed responsibility for the
Barclays Private Clients business. He joined Barclays in July 1996 from
CSFB where he was Vice-Chairman and Head of Global Fixed Income
and Foreign Exchange. He was appointed to the Group Executive
Committee in September 1997.
13 Gary Andrew Hoffman(b)(c), Chief Executive, Barclaycard (age 44)
was appointed as Chief Executive of Barclaycard in September 2001
and joined the Board on 1st January 2004. He joined the Group in
1982 and has held a variety of management positions, as well as
sitting on the Executive Committee of Retail Financial Services and
being a member of the Group Operating Committee. He joined the
Group Executive Committee in 2001.
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(a) Independent non-executive Director
(b) Executive Director
(c) Group Executive Committee member