LONDON -- Barclays (LSE: BARC.L) (NYSE: BCS) fell 1% to 184 pence in early London trade after the bank named its new chief executive.
The FTSE 100 firm said Antony Jenkins had been appointed chief executive with immediate effect. He replaces Bob Diamond, who resigned earlier in the year following the LIBOR scandal. Before today, Jenkins had been in charge of the group's high street and business banking operations.
Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays, said, "Antony stood out among a very competitive field of internal and external candidates because of his excellent track record transforming Barclaycard and Barclays Retail and Business Banking."
Sir David Walker, chairman-elect of Barclays, added, "The field of short-listed candidates that I met was very strong, and it was clear that Antony was the outstanding choice."
For his part, Jenkins said:
Barclays is a strong universal bank ... But we have made many serious mistakes in recent years and clearly failed to keep pace with our stakeholders' expectations. We have an obligation to all those stakeholders ... and a unique opportunity to restore Barclays' reputation by making it the "go to" bank in all of our chosen markets.
Barclay confirmed Mr Jenkins will receive a 1.1 million pound annual wage, a further 363,000 pound cash allowance in lieu of pension contributions, plus the potential to earn a 2.75 million pound maximum annual bonus. Jenkins will also be eligible to be considered for share awards of up to 400% of his annual salary in any one year.
For context, Bob Diamond collected a 1.35 million pound salary during 2011, while other bonuses, benefits, and awards took his total remuneration last year beyond 7 million pounds. For 2010, Diamond's total remuneration topped 9 million pounds.
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