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2. Antony Jenkins (51)
Group Chief Executive; Executive Director
Skills and experience
Antony was appointed Group Chief Executive on
30 August 2012, having previously been Chief
Executive of Barclays Retail and Business Banking
business since November 2009. He started his career
at Barclays in 1983, where he completed the Barclays
Management Development Programme before going
on to hold various roles in retail and corporate
banking. He moved to Citigroup in 1989, working in
both London and New York. In January 2006, he
rejoined Barclays as Chief Executive of Barclaycard,
where he led a revival in the fortunes of the business.
He joined the Barclays Executive Committee in
November 2009.
Other principal external appointments
Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of
International Finance from February 2013. Between
February 2009 and February 2013, Antony
represented Barclays as a Non-executive Director on
the Board of Absa, the Group’s South African
banking subsidiary. He was also on the Board of Visa
Europe Ltd between October 2008 and December
2011.
Committee membership
Chairman of the Group Executive Committee
3. David Booth (58)
Non-executive Director
Skills and experience
David joined the Board in May 2007 as a non-
executive Director. David has extensive banking
industry knowledge and experience, having
previously been employed by Morgan Stanley from
1982 to 1992, and again from 1995 to 1997. David
held various key positions within the company,
including Head of Government Bond Trading, Head
of Mortgage Trading, Sales and Finance and Head of
Global Operations and Technology. Having retired
from the Management Committee of Morgan
Stanley in 1997, David now manages his own venture
capital investments.
Other principal external appointments
President of East Ferry Investors, Inc.
Committee membership
Chairman of the Board Financial Risk Committee
since January 2010 (member since January 2008);
Member of Board Corporate Governance and
Nominations Committee since January 2010;
Member of the Board Remuneration Committee
since July 2012; Member of the Board Enterprise
Wide Risk Committee since its formation in January
2013.
4. Tim Breedon (55)
Non-executive Director
Skills and experience
Tim was appointed to the Board as a non-executive
Director with effect from 1 November 2012. He was
Group Chief Executive of Legal & General Group plc
(L&G), until June 2012. Tim joined L&G in 1987,
holding a number of roles before joining the board as
Group Director (Investments) in 2002 and becoming
Group Chief Executive in 2006. He remained an
adviser to L&G, primarily with responsibilities in
connection with Solvency II, until 31 December 2012.
Other principal external appointments
Tim served as Chairman of the Association of British
Insurers (ABI) between July 2010 and July 2012,
having been a director since 2007. He was also
chairman of the UK Government’s non-bank lending
taskforce, an industry-led taskforce that looked at
the structural and behavioural barriers to the
development of alternative debt markets in the UK,
reporting its conclusions and recommendations in
March 2012. Tim was a Director of the Financial
Reporting Council from 2004 to 2007. He also served
as a Director on the Board of the Investment
Management Association between 2004 and 2005.
Non-executive Director at the Ministry of Justice
since December 2012.
Committee membership
Member of the Board Financial Risk Committee and
the Board Remuneration Committee with effect from
1 December 2012; Member of the Board Conduct,
Reputation and Operational Risk Committee with
effect from 1 February 2013; Member of the Board
Audit Committee with effect from 1 March 2013.
5. Fulvio Conti (65)
Non-executive Director
Skills and experience
Fulvio joined the Board in April 2006 as a non-
executive Director. Fulvio has significant financial
and business experience from a career spanning over
35 years, and is currently CEO and General Manager
of Enel SpA, the Italian energy company, where he
was previously Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to
2005. During his career, Fulvio held the role of
General Manager and CFO of Telecom Italia SpA
from 1996-1998 and CFO for various private and
government owned entities in Italy, was in charge of
finance at Montedison-Compart, and was CFO of
Montecatini. He has also held positions in finance
and operations in various affiliates of Mobil Oil
Corporation in Italy and Europe, where he spent his
initial career spanning over 20 years.
Other principal external appointments
Director of ENDESA SA since June 2009; Director of
AON PLC since January 2008; Director of the Italian
Institute of Technology since October 2011;
President of Eurelectric since June 2011; Independent
Director of RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. since April 2012
and Vice President of Confindustria since June 2012.
Committee membership
Member of the Board Audit Committee since
September 2006.
6. Simon Fraser (53)
Non-executive Director
Skills and experience
Simon joined the Board in March 2009 as a
non-executive Director. He has extensive experience
of the fund management industry, having started his
career at Fidelity International where he spent 27
years. During this time, Simon was President of the
Investment Solutions Group and President of the
Retirement Institute. He held a number of other
positions during his time at Fidelity International,
including President, European & UK Institutional
Business, Global Chief Investment Officer, Chief
Investment Officer for Asia Pacific and Chief
Investment Officer of the European Investment
Group.
Other principal external appointments
Director of Fidelity European Values PLC since July
2002; Director of Fidelity Japanese Values PLC since
May 2000; Chairman of The Merchants Trust PLC
since May 2010; Chairman of Foreign & Colonial
Investment Trust PLC since May 2010; Non-executive
Director of Ashmore Group Plc since February 2012.
Committee membership
Member of the Board Audit Committee since May
2009; Member of the Board Remuneration
Committee since May 2009.
7. Reuben Jeffery III (59)
Non-executive Director
Skills and experience
Reuben joined the Board in July 2009 as a non-
executive Director. Reuben has been CEO of
Rockefeller & Co., Inc. since 2010 and has a broad
range of banking and government experience. He
previously served in the US government as Under
Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and
Agricultural Affairs (2007-2009), as Chairman of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2005-
2007); and as a Special assistant to the President on
the staff of the National Security Council (2004-
2005). Previous to his government service, Reuben
spent eighteen years at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
(1983-2001) where he was managing partner of
Goldman Sachs in Paris (1997-2001) and led the
firm’s European Financial Institutions Group in
London (1992-1997). Prior to joining Goldman Sachs,
Reuben was a corporate attorney with Davis Polk &
Wardwell.
Other principal external appointments
Member of the International Advisory Council of the
China Securities Regulatory Commission; Member of
the Advisory Board of TowerBrook Capital Partners LP;
Member of the Board of Directors of the Financial
Services Volunteer Corps.
Committee membership
Member of the Board Financial Risk Committee since
January 2010.
Board of Directors continued
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