Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000312069-25-000114
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Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
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 the Board and observing that the Board is hard working, collegiate and well led, providing an appropriate level of constructive challenge and support to management. Meetings were considered to be well-chaired, with the review recognising the Group Chairman&#8217;s thoughtful and inclusive style which encourages contributions from all Directors during meetings. Board composition is considered well- balanced, bringing together a diverse and complementary range of skills, knowledge, and expertise. The interaction between the Board, Board Committees and senior management was commented upon favourably, with regular reporting ensuring the Board has good visibility on key areas including strategy and performance. The review recognised the Board&#8217;s engagement with colleagues during the course of the year and the value that hearing from external speakers throughout the year brought to Board discussions. Feedback from the review confirms that concurrent meetings of the BPLC and BBPLC Boards remain effective and work well in practice, with the cadence and length of meetings considered appropriate in the context of the Board&#8217;s understandably full agenda and confirming that the Board Committees operate effectively and are duly integrated into overall Board processes. Recommendations from the 2024 review CSA agreed with the Board's priorities for 2025 and the Board will be giving further consideration to the implementation of the following matters during 2025: &#8226; In light of the Group&#8217;s three-year strategy announced in early 2024, how future Board agendas might be best shaped to support continued discussion of the execution of the Group&#8217;s three- year strategic plan and the Group&#8217;s longer-term strategy &#8226; Reflective of the changes to the senior management structure announced as part of Barclays three-year strategy, to maintain its focus on succession planning to continue to develop a deep and broad bench of future leaders &#8226; How best to bring greater focus and insights on Tech, Data and Digital matters into the Boardroom &#8226; A continued focus on the process of making papers shorter and more targeted &#8226; Identifying further opportunities to bring relevant outside perspectives into the Boardroom. The Board has already taken action to address some of these recommendations, and the other items will be subject to further consideration and discussion through the course of this year. Strategy Shareholder information Climate and sustainability report Risk review Financial review Financial statements Barclays PLC 2024 Annual Report on Form 20-F 84Governance Directors&#8217; report: Board Nominations Committee report (continued)

2024 Board Committee effectiveness review The Board Committee reviews are an important part of the