Directorate Change

Barclays PLC
06 December 2007



                                                                 6 December 2007


                             BARCLAYS BOARD CHANGES


Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC are pleased to announce the following
appointments to the Boards of Directors, effective from 1 January 2008, subject
to normal regulatory clearances.

Sir Michael Rake has been appointed to the Boards of Barclays PLC and Barclays
Bank PLC as a non-executive Director, with effect from 1 January 2008. He will
also become a member of the Board Audit Committee. Sir Michael is the former
Chairman of KPMG International and is currently Chairman of BT Group PLC. He has
been Chairman of Business in the Community for the last three years and is
Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

Patience Wheatcroft has been appointed to the Boards of Barclays PLC and
Barclays Bank PLC as a non-executive Director, with effect from 1 January 2008.
An established financial journalist and national newspaper editor, Patience is a
former Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and was Business and City Editor of The
Times between 1997-2006. She has been a member of the UK-India Round Table, a
government-to-government sponsored organisation that aims to strengthen the
relationship between the two countries, since 2004.

Dr Danie Cronje, non-executive Director, has advised Barclays that he does not
intend to seek re-election at the 2008 Annual General Meeting. Dr Cronje will
therefore leave the Boards at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in
April 2008.

Marcus Agius, Barclays Chairman, said today, 'I am delighted that Sir Michael
Rake and Patience Wheatcroft will be joining the Barclays Boards. Each of them
brings a diverse wealth of experience and their appointments strengthen further
the independent, non-executive presence on our Boards.'

There are no further details that are required to be disclosed in respect of the
appointments under LR 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.


For further information please contact:

Alistair Smith
Head of Media Relations
Barclays PLC
Tel: [phone]



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