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Board attendance Independent
Scheduled meetings
eligible to attend
Scheduled meetings
attended
Additional meetings
eligible to attend
Additional meetings
attended
Sir David Walker, Group Chairman On appointment    
Executive Directors
Antony Jenkins Executive Director    
Chris Lucas (to 16 August 2013)* Executive Director    
Tushar Morzaria (from 15 October 2013) Executive Director  
Non-executive Directors
Mike Ashley (from 18 September 2013) Independent  
David Booth Independent    
Tim Breedon* Independent    
Fulvio Conti Independent    
Simon Fraser Independent    
Reuben Jeffery Independent    
Sir Andrew Likierman (to 25 April 2013)* Independent   
Wendy Lucas-Bull (from 19 September 2013) Non-Independent  
Dambisa Moyo *† Independent    
Frits van Paasschen (from 1 August 2013) Independent  
Sir Michael Rake* Independent    
Diane de Saint Victor (from 1 March 2013) Independent    
Sir John Sunderland* Independent    
Lawrence Dickinson, Secretary
Scheduled meetings Additional Meetings
* unable to attend certain additional meetings held at short notice owing to prior business commitments
† unable to attend two scheduled meetings held owing to prior business commitments
Roles on the Board
Role Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board  Leads the Board including its operation and governance
 Builds an effective Board
 Sets the Board agenda in consultation with Chief Executive and Company Secretary
 Facilitates and encourages active engagement and appropriate challenge by Directors
 Ensures effective communication with shareholders and other stakeholders and ensures members of the Board
develop and maintain an understanding of the views of major investors
 Acts as Chairman of Board Corporate Governance and Nominations, Board Conduct, Reputation and Operational Risk
and Board Enterprise Wide Risk Committees. Member of Board Remuneration Committee
Group Chief Executive  Recommends the Group’s strategy to the Board
 Implements the Group’s strategy
 Makes and implements operational decisions and manages the business day-to-day
Non-executive Director  Effectively and constructively challenges management and helps develop proposals on strategy
 Monitors the success of management in delivering the agreed strategy within the risk appetite and control framework
set by the Board
 Exercises appropriate oversight through scrutinising the performance of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives
Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent
Director
 Provides a sounding board for the Chairman
 Provides support for the Chairman in the delivery of his objectives
 Serves as a trusted intermediary for the Directors, when necessary
 Available to shareholders should the occasion arise where there is a need to convey concerns to the Board other than
through the Chairman or Group Chief Executive
Company Secretary  Works closely with the Chairman, Group Chief Executive and Board Committee Chairmen in setting the annual
forward calendar of agenda items for the meetings of the Board and its Committees
 Ensures timely and appropriate information flows within the Board, the Board Committees and between the Directors
and senior management
2013 2012
1 Strategy Formulation and
Implementation Monitoring 41 39
2 Finance (incl. capital and liquidity) 22 12
3 Governance & Risk
(incl. regulatory issues) 35 40
4 Other (incl. compensation) 3 9
Board Allocation of Time (%)
1
2
3
4
All of our corporate governance practices have been bought
together in one document, ‘Corporate Governance in Barclays’,
which is available online at barclays.com/corporategovernance
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