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Robert Edward "Bob" Diamond Jr. (born July 27, 1951)[4] is an American banker and former group chief executive of the British bank, Barclays Plc.[13]
He was chief executive of Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth Management, comprising Barclays Capital, Barclays Corporate and Barclays Bank. Diamond was executive director of the boards of Barclays Plc and Barclays Bank Plc and had been a member of the second largest British-based banking group's Executive Committee from September 1997 until July 2012. He joined the firm in the summer of 1996.[14]
Bob Diamond was voted the 37th in the New Statesmans annual survey of the world's 50 most influential figures Who Matter 2010.[15]
From October 1, 2010, Diamond became Deputy Group Chief Executive.[16] He succeeded John Varley as Group Chief Executive on January 1, 2011.[17]
Diamond resigned as chief executive of Barclays on July 3, 2012, following controversy over manipulation of Libor interest rates by traders employed by the bank.
