Richard Boath

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Richard Boath
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
OccupationBanker
Known forformer Barclays global co-head of finance

Richard Boath is a British banker, the former Barclays global co-head of finance.

Early life

Richard Boath is the son of a senior chemicals company executive , and a former Miss Manchester.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in management science from the University of Manchester.[1]

Career

Boath started his career in 1980 with

Merrill Lynch, and in 1990 Salomon Brothers, before joining Barclays in 2000, rising to co-head of financial institutions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by 2013 and chairman of the bank's EMEA financial institutions group in 2014.[1]
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In 2016, Boath left Barclays and is pursuing an employment law claim against the bank, adjourned in December 2016.[1]

Barclays fraud case

In June 2017, following a five-year investigation by the UK's

unlawful financial assistance.[2][3]

In February 2020, Boath, along with Thomas Kalaris and Roger Jenkins, were found not guilty on all charges.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Noonan, Laura (20 June 2017). "Richard Boath: rose to senior Emea role". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Barclays charged with fraud in Qatar case - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ Jill Treanor (1 January 1970). "Senior Barclays bankers charged with fraud over credit crunch fundraising | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Former Barclays bankers cleared of fraud charges". BBC News. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.