Stephen Dainton

Stephen Dainton is President of Barclays Bank PLC and Head of Investment Bank Management, based in London. He is a member of the Group Executive Committee for Barclays and chairs the Investment Bank Management Team.

Stephen is accountable for the governance and regulatory obligations of Barclays Bank PLC (BBPLC), exercising executive management responsibilities associated with the operation of the legal entity and the Investment Bank.

Stephen has over 30 years of experience in global markets across trading, sales, risk, capital markets, structuring, and research. He joined Barclays in September 2017 as Global Head of Equities and Co-Head of Global Markets.

Before Barclays, Stephen spent 14 years at Credit Suisse where he served as Co-Head of Global Markets for the EMEA region. He joined Credit Suisse in 2003 in the Equity Division and went on to become Head of Equities for the region, before assuming his global markets role. Previously, Stephen worked at Goldman Sachs as Head of US and International Equities, based in New York. He has also held roles in Equities at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in both London and New York.

He graduated from The University of Exeter.