Mr. James E. Staley is a Group Chief Executive Officer at Barclays Bank Plc and a Group Chief Executive Officer & Director at Barclays Plc.

He is on the Board of Directors at Barclays Bank Plc, Barclays Plc, Swift & Staley Mechanical Contractors, Inc., The Institute of International Finance, Inc., Robin Hood Foundation and Bowdoin College.

He has over four decades of extensive experience in banking and financial services.

He worked for more than 30 years at JPMorgan Chase, initially training as a Commercial Banker, and later advancing to the leadership of major businesses involving Equities, Private Banking and Asset Management, and ultimately heading the company’s global Investment Bank.

He also served as Managing Partner at BlueMountain Capital.

Mr. Staley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bowdoin College.