Mark Harding

Mark Harding

Group General Counsel

Mark joined Barclays as Group General Counsel in 2003 and is responsible for legal issues throughout the bank.

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 also spent four years at UBS as General Counsel of its investment bank.

Mark chairs the Group Governance and Control Committee. Mark is past Chairman of the General Counsel 100 Group and of the Board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), and is a Governor of the Legal Education Foundation.

Mark has announced that he has decided to retire from the company and has agreed to remain in his role until a successor has been appointed and an appropriate handover has been completed. It is expected that this process will take a considerable time to complete.

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