Jenkins named as Barclays CEO
(3 September 2012 – United Kingdom) British bank Barclays has named its new chief executive officer, Antony Jenkins promoting him from retail and business banking head to the top job.
'Barclays announce that Antony Jenkins has been appointed as a director and as group chief executive of Barclays with immediate effect,' the group said in an official statement on Thursday.
Jenkins declared that his top priority would be to repair the bank's damaged reputation.
'We have made serious mistakes in recent years and clearly failed to keep pace with our stakeholders' expectations,' he said in the statement.
'We have an obligation to all of those stakeholders -- customers, clients, shareholders, colleagues and broader society -- and a unique opportunity to restore Barclays' reputation by making it the 'go to' bank in all of our chosen markets.
'That journey will take time, we have much to do, and I look forward to getting started immediately.'
Jenkins, 51, was head of Barclays' Retail and Business Banking (RBB) business. He has been a member of the group executive committee of Barclays since 2009.
Jenkins declared that his top priority would be to repair the bank's damaged reputation.
'We have made serious mistakes in recent years and clearly failed to keep pace with our stakeholders' expectations,' he said in the statement.
'We have an obligation to all of those stakeholders -- customers, clients, shareholders, colleagues and broader society -- and a unique opportunity to restore Barclays' reputation by making it the 'go to' bank in all of our chosen markets.
'That journey will take time, we have much to do, and I look forward to getting started immediately.'
Jenkins, 51, was head of Barclays' Retail and Business Banking (RBB) business. He has been a member of the group executive committee of Barclays since 2009.
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