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...If you want to enjoy a garden-square fantasy in honour of Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in the film Notting Hill, mark down the weekend of June 11-12....
...Marie-Louise Agius of landscape architects Balston Agius is also an advocate of “considered wildness” underpinned by a well-conceived design rationale....
...Marcus Agius Former Barclays chairman; witness for the prosecution The chairman of Barclays in 2008, Mr Agius is a witness for the SFO....
...Its wines are wonderfully intense, honest and earthy and I was paying about £6 a bottle for them in France until Robert Parker started giving them top ratings....
...Exbury is now managed by a charitable trust, the board of which includes his great granddaughter, Marie-Louise Agius, whose own choice to become a garden designer was inspired by the grand endeavour of de...
...His version of events is supported by former Barclays’ chairman Marcus Agius, at the time chairman of the BBC’s remuneration committee....
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...Other Schroders alumni from that period who chair FTSE 100 groups include Sir Richard Broadbent at Tesco, Robert Swannell at Marks and Spencer and Sir Win Bischoff at Lloyds Banking Group....
...VIP guest list Delegates include: Marcus Agius, former Barclays chairman; Ed Balls, shadow chancellor; José Manuel Barroso, European Commission president; Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO; Ken Clarke, minister...
...The position would complement, not replace, the role of risk and compliance chief, which is held by Robert LeBlanc....
...Marcus Agius could save his bank a lot of time and head hunting fees here. Related links: Diamond quits as Barclays chief — FT.com Barclays, Post-Bob — FT Alphaville...
...(Financial Times) Robert Peston of the BBC reported that Bank of England governer Mervyn King and FSA chair Lord Turner told Barclays chairman Marcus Agius via telephone Monday night they wanted Diamond...
...So he decided to bring in a new chief executive, Bill Harrison of investment bank Robert Fleming, to create impetus....
...Robert Hiscox, chairman of insurance group Hiscox, has been among the most outspoken critics of the FSA’s approach....
...The same could happen at Barclays, where investors are calling on the company to replace Mr Diamond and Marcus Agius, the chairman, who is also set to resign, with outsiders who could instil a new culture...
...Robert Swannell, chairman of Marks and Spencer, and his wife Patricia, were mingling, both dressed in M&S....
...Barclays chairman Marcus Agius, the senior director on the BBC board, Nick Shott, Lazard’s media banker, and Anthony Fry, BBC trustee and Evercore banker, are among the financiers who could be on a long...
...Marcus Agius, Barclays chairman, assesses the important lessons to be learnt from the financial crisis and says the bank bailouts were 'heroic'. Part of the FT's Future of Finance series....
...In an unusual preface to the results, Marcus Agius, Barclays’ chairman, acknowledged that many had lost faith in banks during the credit crunch and its aftermath....
...JPMorgan Cazenove boss Naguib Kheraj wasn’t too busy to hold court at his stand, and veteran Robert Swannell showed them all how it’s done at the Citigroup stand....
...Robert Le Blanc, Barclays’ risk director, made a rare appearance at a results presentation to explain the figures....
...Among the few bankers in the room, Barclays chairman Marcus Agius remained hopeful about the ABN Amro bid on the eve of Barclays’ results, which lifted the flagging share price....
...Mr Costa also joins at a time when some large gaps need filling – notably those left by the departure of Gerardo Braggiotti and former London chairman Marcus Agius (who worked at Lazard for even longer than...
...David Roberts, chief executive of international retail and commercial banking left in June after 23 years with the bank....
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