Mark Harding

Mark Harding joined Barclays as Group General Counsel in 2003. Included within his area of responsibility are legal and regulatory compliance issues throughout the bank. He chairs the Group Operating Committee and Group Governance and Control Committee.

Previously, Mark was a partner in the international law firm, Clifford Chance, where his practice spanned bank finance, capital markets and financial services regulation. He spent four years at UBS as General Counsel of its investment bank.

Mark is past chairman of the General Counsel 100 Group and of the Board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). He is currently a member of the UK Financial Markets Law Committee and the European Financial Markets Lawyers Group sponsored by the European Central Bank. He is a Governor of the College of Law.