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Barclays PLC
Annual Report 2005
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Directors and Officers of Barclays PLC
and Barclays Bank PLC
Fulvio Conti(a) (age 58) will join the Board as a
non-executive Director on 1st April 2006. Fulvio
is Chief Executive Officer and General Manager
of Enel SpA, the Italian energy group, a position
he has held since May 2005. He became Chief
Financial Officer of Enel SpA in 1999. Fulvio was
formerly General Manager and Chief Financial
Officer of Telecom Italia and between 1996 and
1998 was General Manager and Chief Financial
Officer of Ferrovie dello Stato, the Italian national
railway. Fulvio began his career in 1969 with
the Mobil Group, where he held a number of
executive positions in Italy and abroad, including
a period as Chief Financial Officer for Europe.
Dr Danie Cronjé(a) (age 59) joined the Board
on 1st September 2005 following the
acquisition by Barclays of a majority stake in
Absa, where he is Chairman. Danie joined Absa
in 1987 and was formerly Deputy Chief
Executive and Group Chief Executive until
1997. He joined Volkskas in 1975 and held
various positions in Volkskas Merchant Bank
and Volkskas Group. Danie is also a director
of Idion Technology Holdings Limited. He is
a member of the Board Risk Committee.
Professor Dame Sandra Dawson(a) (age 59)
joined the Board in March 2003. She is
currently KPMG Professor of Management
Studies at the University of Cambridge and has
been Director of Judge Business School at
Cambridge since 1995 and Master of Sidney
Sussex College, Cambridge since 1999.
Professor Dawson is a member of the UK-
Indian Round Table and has held a range of
non-executive posts in other 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
is a member of the Board Audit Committee.
Sir Andrew Likierman(a) (age 62) 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. Sir Andrew was formerly a
non-executive Director and Chairman of MORI
Group Limited. He is a member of the Board
Audit and Board Risk Committees.
Sir Nigel Rudd, DL(a)
Deputy Chairman (age 59) joined the Board in
February 1996 and was appointed Deputy
Chairman on 1st September 2004. He is
currently non-executive Chairman of Pilkington
PLC, Pendragon PLC and Boots Group PLC.
He is Chairman of the Board HR and
Remuneration Committee and a member of
the Board Corporate Governance and
Nominations Committee. Sir Nigel is also
Chairman of the Group’s Brand and Reputation
Committee.
Matthew W Barrett
Chairman (age 61) 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.
Sir David Arculus(a) (age 59) joined the Board
in February 1997. He has recently joined the
Board of Telefónica, following the takeover of
O2 plc, where he was Chairman. He is also a
non-executive Director of Pearson Plc.
Until the end of 2005 Sir David was Chairman
of the UK Government’s Better Regulation
Task Force. He is a member of the Finance
Committee of Oxford University Press and
is Deputy President of the CBI. Sir David’s
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.
Sir Richard Broadbent(a)
Senior Independent Director (age 52)
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
and the Board Corporate Governance and
Nominations Committee and, from 1st January
2006, Chairman of the Board Risk Committee.
Leigh Clifford(a) (age 58) 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. He is a member of the
Board HR and Remuneration Committee.
Matthew W Barrett Sir David Arculus
Sir Richard Broadbent Leigh Clifford
Fulvio Conti Dr Danie Cronjé
Professor Dame Sandra
Dawson
Sir Andrew Likierman
Sir Nigel Rudd Stephen Russell