Background
McFarlane, John was born on June 14, 1947 in Dumfries, Scotland. Arrived in Australia, 1997.
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John McFarlane
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He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, Cranfield and the London Business School.
Career
He began his career in manufacturing with Ford of Europe in 1969, subsequently having a career in banking. He spent eighteen years with Citibank, ultimately as head of Citibank in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In 1993 he became Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered Plc. based in London and Hong Kong.
He was Chief Executive of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited.
(Australia and New Zealand Banking Group), one of Australia"s leading banks, after a decade of service, during which time he turned around the financial performance of the bank, and spearheaded an effort, called "Breakout", to transform the Bank. He retired in 2007. In October 2008 he joined the board of the Royal Bank of Scotland as a non-executive director
He was appointed to the board of Aviva plc in September 2011 and became Chairman in July 2013. He was previously deputy chairman and chairman designate and became executive deputy Chairman in May 2012.
He was president of the International Monetary Conference (the annual meeting of the heads of the world’s major banks and central banks) and was chairman of the Australian Bankers" Association.
In December 2013 he was appointed Chairman of FirstGroup. Most recently he has been appointed as Chairman of Barclays and joined the board with effect from 1 January 2015. He was appointed executive chairman of Barclays in July 2015 until a permanent replacement could be found for their departing chief executive Antony Jenkins.
Achievements
Membership
While in the United Kingdom, he was a member of the Bank of England Financial Law Review Panel and in 1992, he chaired The McFarlane Report - the review of “The Future Development of Auditing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.” More recently, he served as a member of the governing body of the Economics Research Institute for the Association of South East Asian Nations & East Asia.
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1969 - 1974
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1975 - 1993
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1990 - 1993
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1993 - 1997
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1997 - 2007
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1997 - 2007