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10.Sir Nigel Rudd, DL
Deputy Chairman
Non-executive Director (Age 61)
Sir Nigel joined the Board in February 1996 and was appointed Deputy Chairman
on 1st September 2004. He is non-executive Chairman of Pendragon PLC and
BAA Limited. He is also a non-executive Director of BAE Systems PLC and Sappi
Limited. He was formerly Chairman of Alliance Boots PLC, a position he
held until June 2007. He is a member of the Board Corporate Governance
and Nominations Committee and also chairs the Group’s Brand and
Reputation Committee.
11.Stephen Russell
Non-executive Director (Age 62)
Stephen joined the Board in October 2000 on completion of the acquisition of
Woolwich PLC. He was Chief Executive of Boots Group PLC from 2000 until 2003,
having worked for Boots since 1967. Stephen is a trustee of St. John’s Ambulance
and Tommy’s the Baby Charity and is on the Council of Nottingham University.
He joined the Board of Network Rail as a non-executive Director in September
2007 and became Chairman of Business Control Solutions Group in October
2007. Stephen is Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and is a member of
the Board Risk and Board Corporate Governance and Nominations Committees.
12.Sir John Sunderland
Non-executive Director (Age 62)
Sir John joined the Board on 1st June 2005. He has been Chairman of Cadbury
Schweppes PLC since May 2003. Sir John joined Cadbury Schweppes in 1968
and was appointed Chief Executive in September 1996. He is President of the
Chartered Management Institute and Deputy President of the CBI, having retired
as President on 31st December 2006. He is a former President of both ISBA (the
Incorporated Society of British Advertisers) and the Food and Drink Federation.
Sir John is a Director of the Financial Reporting Council, an Adviser to CVC Capital
Partners, an Advisory Board Member of Trinsum Group and an Association
Member of BUPA. He is a member of the Board HR and Remuneration and Board
Corporate Governance and Nominations Committees.
13.Patience Wheatcroft
Non-executive Director (Age 56)
Patience was appointed to the Board on 1st January 2008. An established
financial journalist and national newspaper editor, Patience is a former Editor of
The Sunday Telegraph and was Business and City Editor of The Times between
1997 and 2006. She is a non-executive Director of Shaftesbury PLC, a member
of the UK/India Round Table and a member of the British Olympic Association
Advisory Board.
14.John Varley
Group Chief Executive
Executive Director and Chairman of Executive Committee (Age 51)
John 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.
John joined the 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. He is Chairman of Business Action on Homelessness, President of the
Employer’s Forum on Disability and a member of the International Advisory
Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. John is also a non-executive
Director of AstraZeneca PLC.
15.Robert E Diamond Jr
President, Barclays PLC and CEO, Investment Banking and
Investment Management
Executive Director and member of Executive Committee (Age 56)
Bob was appointed President of Barclays and became an executive Director on
1st June 2005. He is responsible for the Investment Banking and Investment
Management business of the Barclays Group. He has been a member of the
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. Bob is Chairman of Old Vic Productions PLC.
16.Gary Hoffman
Group Vice-Chairman
Executive Director (Age 47)
Gary was appointed as Group Vice-Chairman in July 2006. He was formerly
Chairman of UK Banking and of Barclaycard and prior to that was Chief
Executive of Barclaycard. He joined the Board on 1st January 2004. As Group
Vice-Chairman, Gary is accountable on the Board for a range of responsibilities
including Corporate Sustainability, Public Policy, Equality and Diversity, leading
the Group’s response to the FSA’s Treating Customers Fairly initiative, chairing
the Group’s Governance and Control Committee and franchise health with
customers, employees and communities. Gary joined the Group in 1982.
Gary is also a non-executive Director of Trinity Mirror PLC.
17.Christopher Lucas
Group Finance Director
Executive Director and member of Executive Committee (Age 47)
Chris joined the Board on 1st April 2007. Chris came from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was UK Head of Financial Services and
Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets. He was Global Relationship
Partner for Barclays for the 1999-2004 financial years and subsequently held
similar roles for other global financial services organisations. Chris has worked
across financial services for most of his career, including three years in New
York as Head of the US Banking Audit Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
18.Frederik (Frits) Seegers
Chief Executive, Global Retail and Commercial Banking
Executive Director and member of Executive Committee (Age 49)
Frits was appointed as Chief Executive of Global Retail and Commercial Banking
and became an executive Director on 10th July 2006. He is responsible for all
Barclays retail and commercial banking operations globally, including UK Retail
Banking, Barclays Commercial Bank, International Retail and Commercial Banking
and Barclaycard. He is also a non-executive Director of Absa Group Limited. Frits
joined the Board from Citigroup, where he previously held a number of senior
positions, latterly CEO Global Consumer Group with a remit covering all retail
operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He was also a member of the
Citigroup Operating Committee and the Citigroup Management Committee.
19.Paul Idzik
Chief Operating Officer
Member of Executive Committee (Age 47)
Paul 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.