John Varley

John Varley was appointed as Marie Curie Cancer Care's chairman following six years as Barclays Group chief executive from 1 September 2004 until 31 December 2010 where he remains a senior advisor to the board of Barclays Plc.

Prior to this he had also been group deputy chief executive and group finance director.

He was chief executive of Retail Financial Services from 1998 to 2000 and chairman of the Asset Management Division from 1995 to 1998. 

John is a non-executive director of AstraZeneca PLC. He is also chairman of business action on homelessness, president of the Employer’s Forum on Disability and president of the UK Drug Policy Commission.

John is married and a father to two children.

 

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