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Stephen Russell(a) (age 60) 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, having worked for Boots
since 1967. He is Chairman of the Board Audit
Committee and is a member of the Board
Risk and Board Corporate Governance and
Nominations Committees. Stephen is also a
trustee of St John’s Ambulance and Tommy’s
the Baby Charity and is on the Council of
Nottingham University.
Robert Steel(a) (age 54) joined the Board on
1st June 2005. He retired from Goldman Sachs
in January 2004 after more than 25 years with
the firm. At the time of his retirement he was
a Vice-Chairman of the firm. Bob is also a
Senior Fellow at the Center for Business and
Government, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University and Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of Duke University.
He is also a Member of the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) Inc. and a former Director of
the Securities Industry Association (USA). He is
a member of the Board Audit Committee.
John Sunderland(a) (age 60) joined the Board
on 1st June 2005. He has been Chairman of
Cadbury Schweppes PLC since May 2003.
John joined Cadbury Schweppes in 1968 and
was appointed Chief Executive in September
1996. He is also Senior Independent non-
executive Director of The Rank Group Plc.
John is President of the CBI and former
President of both ISBA, the Incorporated
Society of British Advertisers and the Food
and Drink Federation. John is a Director of the
Financial Reporting Council, an Advisory
Board Member of CVC Capital Partners and
of Ian Jones & Partners, a Leadership Council
Member of Young Enterprise. He is a member
of the Board HR and Remuneration Committee.
John Varley(b)(c)
Group Chief Executive (age 49) 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 Chairman of the Asset
Management Division from 1995 to 1998.
Robert E Diamond Jr(b)(c)
President, Barclays PLC and CEO, Investment
Banking and Investment Management
(age 54) was appointed President of Barclays
PLC and became an executive Director on
1st June 2005. He is responsible for the
investment banking, investment management
and wealth management businesses for the
Group. He has been a member of the Group
Executive Committee since September 1997.
He joined Barclays in July 1996 from CSFB
where he was Vice-Chairman and Head of
Global Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange.
Gary Hoffman(b)(c)
Chairman, UK Banking and Chairman,
Barclaycard (age 45) was appointed as Chief
Executive of Barclaycard in September 2001
and joined the Board on 1st January 2004.
He was appointed Chairman of UK Banking
and Chairman of Barclaycard in December
2005. Gary 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.
Gary is also a non-executive Director of
Trinity Mirror PLC.
Paul Idzik(c)
Chief Operating Officer (age 45) joined
the Executive Committee and became Chief
Operating Officer in November 2004. He is also
Chairman of the Group Operating Committee.
Paul was formerly Chief Operating Officer of
Barclays Capital. He joined Barclays Capital in
August 1999 following a career with Booz
Allen & Hamilton, where he was a partner and
senior member of the Financial Institutions
Practice.
Naguib Kheraj(b)(c)
Group Finance Director (age 41) was
appointed as Group Finance Director and
joined the Board on 1st January 2004. He had
previously held the positions of Chief Executive
of Barclays Private Clients, Deputy Chairman
of Barclays Global Investors, Global Head of
Investment Banking and Global Chief
Operating Officer at Barclays Capital.
He joined the Group Executive Committee in
March 2003. Before joining Barclays, he was
a Managing Director and held the post of
Chief Financial Officer for Europe at Salomon
Brothers. Naguib is also a non-executive
Director of Absa Group Limited.
David Roberts(b)(c)
Chief Executive, International Retail and
Commercial Banking (age 43) was appointed
as Chief Executive, International Retail and
Commercial Banking on 1st January 2005.
David was formerly Chief Executive of Private
Clients & International from 1st January 2004
and joined the Board on the same date.
He joined the Group in 1983 and has held
various management positions, including
Chief Executive of Personal Financial Services
and Chief Executive of Business Banking.
He joined the Group Executive Committee in
2001. David is also a non-executive Director of
Absa Group Limited and, on 1st March 2006,
became a non-executive Director of BAA plc.
Robert Steel John Sunderland
John Varley Robert E Diamond Jr
Gary Hoffman Paul Idzik
Naguib Kheraj David Roberts
(a) Independent non-executive Director
(b) Executive Director
(c) Group Executive Committee member