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London - Barclays PLC ("Barclays") announces the appointment of Gay Huey Evans to a new role as Vice-Chairman of Investment Banking and Investment Management (IBIM). In this role, she will focus on developing and managing relationships with Sovereign Funds across the Barclays Group coordinating coverage of this important client segment to ensure that they are able to benefit fully from Barclays breadth and depth of products and services. She will be based in London and report to Thomas L Kalaris, CEO of Barclays Wealth, in his capacity as a member of the IBIM Executive Committee.

Mr Kalaris said: "We are delighted Gay is joining Barclays. Gay has excellent relationships with sovereign entities and will play a critical part in deepening our already strong business ties with these important clients. Gay's background brings unrivalled experience to Barclays".

Gay Huey Evans joins Barclays from Citi where she was most recently head of Governance - Citi Alternative Investments (EMEA). She was also President of Tribeca Global Management Ltd, which was Citi’s proprietary hedge fund prior to its acquisition of Old Lane in 2007. Before joining Citi in 2005, she was Director Markets Division and Capital Markets Sector Leader at the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority ("FSA"). As one of the FSA’s founding Directors Gay was responsible for developing the FSA’s approach to the supervision and surveillance of the UK financial markets. She joined the FSA in 1998 from Bankers Trust where she had been a Senior Managing Director.

In addition, Gay is a Trustee of The Wigmore Hall Trust, and a Patron to the Advisory Committee of Wellbeing of Women.

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For further information please contact:

Simon Eaton, Corporate Communications

+44 (0)20 3134 2111

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About Barclays
Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs 135,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 27 million customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

About Investment Banking and Investment Management (IBIM)

IBIM comprises three businesses of Barclays PLC, namely:

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with solutions to their financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices in 29 countries, employs over 16,200 people and has the global reach and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide. www.barclayscapital.com.

Barclays Global Investors, one of the world's largest asset managers and a leading global provider of investment management products and services. It has over 2,900 institutional clients and over $2 trillion of assets under management. It transformed the investment industry by creating the first index strategy in 1971 and the first quantitative active strategy in 1979. BGI is the global product leader in exchange traded funds (iShares) with over 320 funds for institutions and individuals globally. www.barclaysglobal.com.

Barclays Wealth, the UK's leading wealth manager by client assets with £132.5 billion of client assets globally (at 31 December 2007). It serves affluent, high net worth and intermediary clients worldwide, providing international and private banking, fiduciary services, investment management and brokerage. It was voted Global Investor’s Wealth Manager of the Year for 2007. www.barclayswealth.com.