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Robert E. Diamond Jr. was appointed President of Barclays PLC and became an Executive Director of the Boards of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC effective June 2005. He is also Chief Executive for the investment banking and investment management businesses comprising Barclays Capital Barclays Global Investors and Barclays Wealth Management. He has been a member of the Barclays Group Executive Committee since September 1997. Based in London he joined the firm in summer 1996. Mr. Diamond was formerly Vice Chairman and Head of Global Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange at CS First Boston. Based in New York he was a member of the Executive Board and Operating Committee of CS First Boston and a member of the Board of Credit Suisse Financial Products. Mr. Diamond joined CS First Boston in 1992. Based in Tokyo he was Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer of CS First Boston Pacific responsible for Investment Banking Equity Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange for the Pacific region. Previously Mr. Diamond was Managing Director and Head of European/Asian Fixed Income Trading for Morgan Stanley International and was based in London for four years. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1979 as Director of Management Information Systems and became assistant to the Chief Financial Officer in 1980. Mr. Diamond began his career as a lecturer at the School of Business University of Connecticut from 1976-1977. A native of Concord Massachusetts USA Mr. Diamond received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Colby College in Maine (1974) and an MBA from the University of Connecticut where he ranked first in his class (1977). His outside affiliations include: Member of the Advisory Board of the Judge Institute at Cambridge University.Trustee of the American School in London. Trustee of Colby College Waterville Maine. He is married with three children.
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