Marcus Agius

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Marcus Agius (born July 22, 1946 ) is a British banker.

Life

Agius studied economics at Trinity Hall , University of Cambridge at Cambridge and then at Harvard Business School . From 1972 to 2006 he worked for the US investment bank Lazard . From 2006 to 2012, Agius was chairman of the major British bank Barclays .

Due to the LIBOR manipulation scandal , Agius announced his withdrawal from the company on July 2, 2012 as head of the Barclays board of directors. He also resigned as chairman of the board of directors of the British Bankers' Association (BBA), which is responsible for determining the LIBOR interbank rate through a survey of major banks. Agius' resignation increased pressure on Barclays CEO Bob Diamond . A day later, Bob Diamond and Chief Operating Officer Jerry del Missier resigned from their posts with immediate effect.

Agius was director of the British broadcaster BBC executive board and one of the three trustees on the steering committee of the Bilderberg group .

Agius is married to Katherine Juliette (* 1949), the eldest daughter of Edmund de Rothschild from the English banking family, and has two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bbc: Barclays bank chairman Marcus Agius to resign
  2. ↑ Bettina Schulz: Interest rate manipulation scandal: Barclays boss Diamond resigns. FAZ, July 3, 2012, accessed on July 3, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Board changes , press release on Barclays.com, July 3, 2012 (English)
  4. ^ Barclays today announces the resignation of its Chief Operating Officer, Jerry del Missier with immediate effect. Barclays, July 3, 2012, accessed July 3, 2012 .
  5. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/16/bilderberg-2011-tipping-point
  6. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/02/week-ahead-bilderberg-2013-watford
  7. ^ BBC appoints first non-executive director
  8. ^ BBC Board Bio - Marcus Agius
  9. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/02/week-ahead-bilderberg-2013-watford
personal data
SURNAME Agius, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH United Kingdom