Richard Boath

Summary

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

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

Early life edit

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 edit

Boath started his career in 1980 with Bank of America as a corporate banking account officer.[1] In 1982, he joined Security Pacific, then in 1988, 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] I

In 2016, Boath left Barclays and is pursuing an employment law claim against the bank, adjourned in December 2016.[1]

Barclays fraud case edit

In June 2017, following a five-year investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office covering Barclays' activities during the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the former Barclays chief executive John Varley and three former colleagues, Roger Jenkins, Thomas Kalaris and Boath were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of 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 edit

  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.