Board and Executive Committee

1.Marcus Agius

Group Chairman (Age 61)

Marcus joined the Board on 1st September 2006 and succeeded Matthew Barrett as Chairman from 1st January 2007. Marcus is the senior non-executive Director of the BBC and was Chairman of Lazard in London and a Deputy Chairman of Lazard LLC until 31st December 2006. He was formerly Chairman of BAA PLC, a position he held from 2002 until December 2006. Marcus is Trustee to the Board of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Chairman of The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Marcus is Chairman of the Board Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee and a member of the Board HR and Remuneration Committee.

2.David Booth

Non-executive Director (Age 53)

David joined the Board on 1st May 2007. He became a member of the Board Risk Committee on 1st January 2008. He currently manages his own venture capital investments, having retired from the Management Committee of Morgan Stanley in 1997. David was employed by Morgan Stanley from 1982 to 1992 and again from 1995 to 1997. He held various positions there, including Head of Government Bond Trading, Head of Mortgage Trading, Sales and Finance and Head of Global Operations and Technology. In 1992-93, he was President and a Director of Discount Corporation of New York. In 1994-95, he was a consultant to Morgan Stanley regarding the relocation of its New York City headquarters. David is also a Trustee of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Chair of its Investment Committee.

3.Sir Richard Broadbent

Senior Independent Director (Age 54)

Sir Richard joined the Board in September 2003. He was appointed Senior Independent Director on 1st September 2004. Sir Richard is Chairman of Arriva PLC and was previously the Executive Chairman of HM Customs and Excise from 2000 to 2003. He was formerly a member of the Group Executive Committee of Schroders PLC and a non-executive Director of the Securities Institute. Sir Richard is Chairman of the Board Risk Committee and the Board HR and Remuneration Committee. He is also a member of the Board Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee.

4.Leigh Clifford, AO

Non-executive Director (Age 60)

Leigh joined the Board on 1st October 2004. He joined Rio Tinto in 1970 and was a Director of Rio Tinto PLC from 1994 and Rio Tinto Limited from 1995 and was Chief Executive of the Rio Tinto Group from 2000 until May 2007. Leigh was appointed to the Bechtel Board of Counsellors in May 2007 and as a non-executive Director of Qantas Airways in September 2007. He became Chairman of Qantas in November 2007. He is a member of the Board HR and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Barclays Asia Pacific Advisory Committee.

5.Fulvio Conti

Non-executive Director (Age 60)

Fulvio joined the Board on 1st April 2006. Fulvio is Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Enel SpA, the Italian energy group, a position he has held since May 2005. He became Chief Financial Officer of Enel SpA in 1999. Fulvio was formerly Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of Telecom Italia and between 1996 and 1998 was General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of

Ferrovie dello Stato, the Italian national railway. From 1991 to 1993 he was head of the accounting, finance, and control department of Montecatini and was subsequently in charge of finance at Montedison-Compart, overseeing the financial restructuring of the group. He has been a non-executive Director of AON Corporation since January 2008. Fulvio is a member of the Board Audit Committee.

6.Dr Daniël Cronjé

Non-executive Director (Age 61)

Daniël joined the Board on 1st September 2005 following the acquisition by Barclays of a majority stake in Absa, where he was Chairman. Daniël joined Absa in 1987 and was formerly Deputy Chief Executive and Group Chief Executive until 1997. He joined Volkskas in 1975 and held various positions in Volkskas Merchant Bank and Volkskas Group. Daniël retired as Chairman of Absa on 1st July 2007 and from the Absa Board on 31st July 2007. He is currently a Director of TSB Sugar RSA Limited and Sappi Limited. He is a member of the Board Risk Committee. Daniël does not intend to seek re-election at the 2008 Annual General Meeting and will therefore leave the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in April 2008.

7.Professor Dame Sandra Dawson

Non-executive Director (Age 61)

Sandra joined the Board in March 2003. She is currently KPMG Professor of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge and has been Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge since1999. She is also a Trustee and Director of Oxfam, and is a member of the UK-India Round Table, the Advisory Board of UK India Business Council and Chair of the Executive Steering Committee of the Advanced Institute of Management. Until September 2006, Sandra was Director of the Judge Business School at Cambridge, a position she had held since 1995. Sandra has held a range of non-executive posts in organisations including Rand Europe (UK), JP Morgan Fleming Claverhouse Investment Trust, and Riverside Mental Health Trust. She was also a member of the Senior Salaries Review Board. She is a member of the Board Audit Committee.

8.Sir Andrew Likierman

Non-executive Director (Age 64)

Sir Andrew joined the Board on 1st September 2004. He was previously Managing Director, Financial Management, Reporting and Audit and Head of the Government Accountancy Service at HM Treasury. He is Professor of Management Practice in Accounting at the London Business School and a non-executive Director of the Bank of England. Sir Andrew was formerly a non-executive Director and Chairman of MORI Group Limited. He is also a non-executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and non-executive Chairman of Applied Intellectual Capital PLC. Sir Andrew is a member of the Board Audit and Board Risk Committees.

9.Sir Michael Rake

Non-executive Director (Age 60)

Sir Michael was appointed to the Board with effect from 1st January 2008. He also became a member of the Board Audit Committee. Sir Michael is a former Chairman of KPMG International and is currently Chairman of BT Group plc and Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. He is also a Director of The McGraw-Hill Companies and the Financial Reporting Council. Sir Michael was Chairman of Business in the Community from 2004 to 2007.

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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.

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