Mr McFarlane has over 40 years in the sector, including 23 years at main board level. Mr McFarlane is chairman of Barclays as well as TheCityUK and was previously Chairman of Aviva, FirstGroup, and the Australian Bankers Association. He was CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for 10 years, and prior to that group executive Director of Standard Chartered, and head of Citibank in the UK. Mr McFarlane is a non-executive Director of Old Oak Holdings, and the UK Financial Services Trade and Investment Board, and a member of the International Monetary Conference, the European Financial Roundtable, and the Institut International d'Etudes Bancaires. He was formerly a non-executive Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Capital Radio, and the London Stock Exchange.