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Marcus Ambrose Paul Agius
Agius speaking at the CBI Climate Change Summit 2008Born 22 July 1946
United KingdomResidence United Kingdom Occupation Businessman Marcus Ambrose Paul Agius (born 22 July 1946)[1] is a British financier and businessman, currently the Chairman of Barclays. He has also been appointed the senior non-executive director on the BBC's new executive board.
Biography
He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, and gained an MA at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in Mechanical Sciences and Economics.[2] In addition, he has an MBA from Harvard Business School.[2]
Agius has been a non-executive Director of Barclays since 1 September 2006, and succeeded Matthew Barrett as Chairman from 1 January 2007. His current salary is £750,000.[3] He was previously chairman of the London branch of investment bank Lazard and non-executive chairman of BAA Limited.
He is married to Katherine (born 1949), daughter of Edmund de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of England, with two children, and has a close involvement with the Rothschild family estate, Exbury Gardens in Hampshire.
References
- ^ "Marcus Agius Biography". Debrett's. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/a/3299/Marcus+Ambrose.aspx. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ a b http://www.baa.com/assets/B2CPortal/Static%20Files/MarcusAgius12Jul06rev.pdf
- ^ "Marcus Agius profile". Forbes.com. Forbes. http://people.forbes.com/profile/marcus-agius/120573. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
Barclays PLC Brands: Barclays • Barclaycard • Barclays Capital • Barclays Private Equity • Barclays Wealth • The Woolwich • Absa (South Africa)Historical components: Backhouse's Bank • Crossroads Group • FirstCaribbean International Bank • Gurney's Bank • Juniper Bank • Kuhn, Loeb & Co. • Martins Bank • Lehman Brothers • Lock, Hulme & Co. • London Provincial and South Western BankCorporate Directors: Marcus Agius (Group Chairman) •Sir Richard Broadbent (Deputy Chairman) • Robert Diamond (Group Chief Executive) • Chris Lucas • David Booth •Alison Carnwath • Fulvio Conti • Simon Fraser • Reuben Jeffrey III • Sir Andrew Likierman • Dambisa Moyo • Sir Michael Rake • Sir John SunderlandAnnual revenue: GB£31.440 billion (2010) · Employees: 147,500 (2011) · Stock Symbol: LSE: BARC · Website: www.barclays.com This article about a British businessperson born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.