Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000312069-25-000114
Chunk: 131

Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
Chunk 131
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 Financial review Financial statements Barclays PLC 2024 Annual Report on Form 20-F 65Governance Directors&#8217; report: Board of Directors (continued)

Skills, experience and contribution: &#8226; extensive board-level experience across a range of industries &#8226; strong focus on reputation management and promoting board governance values &#8226; detailed understanding of the interaction between public and private sectors. Mary's previous appointments include Non- Executive Directorships at the Bank of England, Alliance & Leicester, Aviva, Centrica and Swiss Re Group. In her executive career, Mary held senior positions with both HM Treasury and the Prime Minister's Office and served as Director General of the Association of British Insurers. Mary is the Barclays Bank PLC Consumer Duty Champion. Key current appointments: Senior Independent Director, PensionBee Group PLC; Member, UK Takeover Appeal Board Mary Francis CBE Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed October 2016 Skills, experience and contribution: &#8226; deep background in financial services &#8226; strong leadership qualities and chair experience &#8226; extensive expertise providing strategic advice to Government. John is Chair of Barclays Bank UK PLC. He had a long Whitehall career, where he was Second Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury and was also closely involved in the UK response to the financial crisis, handling the resolution of Northern Rock and leading negotiations with RBS, Lloyds and HBOS on their &pound;37bn recapitalisation. John was also the first Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI), and from 2010-2012, he was Global Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Rothschild. From 2016 to 2021, John was the first Chair of UK Research & Innovation, which oversees Government science funding of c.&pound;8bn a year. Between 2020 and January 2023, he was Chair of Tesco Personal Finance plc. Key current appointments: Chair, Legal & General Group plc; Trustee & Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees, The National Gallery Sir John Kingman Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed June 2023 Skills, experience and contribution: &#8226; strong technical finance background in accounting and audit-related matters &#8226; significant board and senior executive- level risk management experience &#8226; extensive knowledge of banking and financial services. Marc is a chartered accountant and his financial services experience extends over 43 years, initially as a trader and then in senior executive roles as an audit partner at