Sir David Walker (Chairman 2012-2015)

Sir David Allan Walker (b. 1939), joined the Barclays board as a non-executive director in September 2012 and succeeded Marcus Agius as Chairman in November of that year. He stood down as chairman at the annual general meeting in April 2015.

He began his career with HM Treasury, where, with a period on secondment to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, he served until 1977. Walker held several key positions at the Bank of England, where he became one of four executive directors. He was chairman of the Securities & Investment Board and, ex officio, a nominated member of the Council of Lloyd’s. He was a non-executive member of the Court of the Bank of England, a non-executive board member of the former CEGB and subsequently of National Power PLC. He was formerly chairman of Reuters Venture Capital, vice-chairman of the Legal and General Group plc and was chairman of the London Investment Bankers’ Association for four years. Walker was chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley International, and subsequently, chairman. He retired as chairman in 2005 but remained a senior advisor until 2012.

Walker has completed two reports and made recommendations in respect of the private equity industry and corporate governance at financial institutions. He also co-led the independent review of the report that the Financial Services Authority produced into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland and was a member of the four-person committee chaired by Lord Woolf (former Lord Chief Justice) into ethical business conduct at BAE Systems PLC.