The problem with Bob Diamond was that he never quite got it. He should be celebrated for achieving so much at Barclays – for driving its transformation into a genuine global bank, for installing just enough high-quality risk management in the group to dodge the worst of the subprime crisis, for cherry-picking the best of [...]
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Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has quit over an interest rate-rigging scandal. ||| Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond quit with immediate effect on Tuesday over an interest rate-rigging scandal, becoming the highest-profile ... Read Post
The decision by Bob Diamond to quit as chief executive of Barclays was made by Diamond and the bank's board. ||| The decision by Bob Diamond to quit as chief executive of Barclays was made by Diamond and the bank's board, Britain's ... Read Post
It is the job he has coveted for so long. At last, Bob Diamond is chief executive of a leading global bank - even if he had transform Barclays from a mainly domestic retail bank in order to achieve his ambition. Fourteen years ago,... Read Post