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Barclays braced for ‘Mack the Knife’

John McFarlane, a man renowned for slicing investment banking jobs, becomes chairman of the UK bank next month

Barclays braced for ‘Mack the Knife’

Barclays is bracing for the arrival of “Mack the Knife”.

John McFarlane, a former Citigroup executive with a penchant for feng shui and playing the guitar, earned his nickname as a fearsome restructurer of ailing financial institutions in Asia, Australia and the UK, often slicing investment banking jobs along the way.

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