Directorate Change

Barclays PLC
17 October 2006


                                                                17 October 2006


               CHRIS LUCAS TO BE APPOINTED GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR


Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC ('Barclays') announce the following changes
to their Boards.

Chris Lucas (46) is appointed to the position of Group Finance Director with
effect from April 1, 2007 in succession to Naguib Kheraj (42).

Chris Lucas joins Barclays from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he is UK Head
of Financial Services and Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets. He was
Global Relationship Partner for Barclays for the 1999 - 2004 year ends and
subsequently held similar roles for other global financial services
organisations. Chris Lucas has worked across financial services accounting for
most of his career, including three years in New York as Head of the US Banking
Audit Practice.

Naguib Kheraj will be responsible for the 2006 financial statements and will
continue to be available after the publication of the Annual Report in March
2007 to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities to Chris Lucas. He intends
to leave the Group in the second half of 2007.

Commenting, John Varley, Group Chief Executive, said:

'I am delighted to welcome Chris Lucas to Barclays. Chris has worked with us for
many years, is a renowned global expert on financial services and knows Barclays
intimately. He will make a great contribution to the business.

I am very sorry that Naguib is leaving us. He has made an outstanding
contribution to Barclays and has been a great partner to me in my role as Group
Chief Executive. I would have been delighted for Naguib to stay with Barclays
for all his career but I respect his decision to broaden his career experience.
We have a well defined and clear transition plan.'

Commenting, Naguib Kheraj, Group Finance Director, said:

'It has been an immensely rewarding experience both personally and
professionally to have worked for Barclays over the last nine years in a variety
of roles, culminating in the position of Group Finance Director for the past
three years. We have made tremendous progress and delivered very good results to
shareholders. I have never considered myself a lifetime Finance Director and I
believe now is the right time to move on to the next stage of my career.'

Commenting, Chris Lucas, said:

'I am delighted to be joining Barclays at this time of rapid growth. The
business is one of the best performing in the industry with an extremely strong
management team.'


ENDS


Biographical details are attached.

Contractual arrangements are attached.

Photographs available at www.barclays.com

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: CHRIS LUCAS

Education
Dauntsey's School, Devizes

Southampton University
BSc Accounting and Economics


Professional Experience:

1983 - 2006     PricewaterhouseCoopers
               
                Worked across the firm in various roles

1996            Partner, Head of US Banking Audit Practice, New York

1999            Global Relationship Partner - Barclays

2000            Business Unit Leader, Banking & Capital Markets, London
         
2004            UK Head of Financial Services
               
2005            Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets

                                                                


         CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND INTERESTS IN SHARES - CHRIS LUCAS


The appointment of Mr Lucas as an Executive Director of Barclays PLC and
Barclays Bank PLC ('Bank') will become effective on April 1, 2007.


Service Contract
Key terms of the service contract for Mr Lucas, who becomes an Executive
Director on April 1, 2007, are set out below.

Job Title
Group Finance Director

Salary
Basic salary: £600,000 per annum

Performance Related Bonus
The Board HR and Remuneration Committee will, in line with our usual practice,
determine the size of any award, which will be discretionary, dependent on both
business and individual performance.

For 2007, a guaranteed award of £600,000 has been agreed, comprising a cash
bonus of £450,000 and a recommended deferred share based award of £150,000. This
will be made in March 2008.

Share Awards
The Board HR and Remuneration Committee will, in line with our usual practice,
determine the size of awards of performance shares to be made each year under
the shareholder approved Performance Share Plan. The 2007 award will be
recommended to be made as soon as practicable after Mr Lucas' start date for an
initial allocation of £600,000 under the plan.

In addition, there will be a recommended share award of £500,000 on joining to
vest 50% after 1 year and the remainder after 2 years. This award is in
recognition of forfeited remuneration.

Benefits
Mr Lucas will be eligible to participate in the following benefits: life cover;
use of company car or cash equivalent; medical insurance; ill-health income plan
and all-employee share plans - Sharesave and Sharepurchase.

Pension
Mr Lucas will receive a pension provision of up to 25% of his annual base
salary, either through the Bank's pension scheme or as a cash allowance.

Notice Period
The service contract provides for a notice period of 12 months from Barclays or
6 months from Mr Lucas.

Severance Arrangements
On termination, the service contract for Mr Lucas provides for a pro-rated
phased payment of his notice entitlement and he has an explicit duty to mitigate
his loss.

Contract Availability
The service contracts for all Executive Directors of Barclays PLC and the Bank
are held by the Barclays Corporate Secretariat and are available for inspection
during normal business hours at the Group's Head Office: 1 Churchill Place,
London, E14 5HP. Mr Lucas' contract will be available for inspection from April
1, 2007.

Beneficial Interests in Barclays PLC Ordinary Shares
Mr Lucas has no beneficial interests in the ordinary shares of Barclays PLC.

Potential Interest in Shares held in Group Employee Benefit Trusts
In addition, Mr Lucas will, together with the other Executive Directors and
Senior Executives of Barclays PLC, have an interest as potential beneficiaries
in 167,670,318 Shares held by the independent trustees of the Barclays Group
Employee Benefit Trusts. These are discretionary trusts established for the
benefit of Barclays Group employees and former employees (and in each case their
families) all of whom are amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts
and are, therefore, regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in
the Shares held in them. No consideration is payable by a potential beneficiary
for the acquisition of such an interest under the trusts.

There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in respect of Mr
Lucas' appointment under Paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing
Authority.








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