In 2009, The Guardian reported tales of a macho culture inside the Structured Capital Markets division, where, one source claimed, "the deals are so big you never say billion or million, you just say 16 bucks or 16 quid which meant billion". It recruited beyond banking and included Iain Abrahams, a former lawyer at Slaughter and May. His group became Barclays Capital Structured Capital Markets. Jenkins developed an expertise in structuring and analysing the tax regimes of various countries. He rejoined Barclays in 1994 to set up a group advising companies on tax and regulatory management. From 1982 to 1984 he was head of private placements at Barclays's investment banking division, Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW), in New York City, leaving in 1987 to work for Kleinwort Benson, where he was a Director and Co-Head of Financial Markets and he stayed for seven years. Jenkins worked briefly at BP after graduation in 1977 and joined Barclays as a graduate trainee in 1978. Both Roger and his brother David feature prominently in the book A Life In A Day In A Year by Peter Hoffmann which describes their athletics training at Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, and their racing careers between 19. He won a silver medal at the World Student Games in Rome in 1975 at 400m. In his youth he was an accomplished sprinter, representing Scotland and Great Britain from 1973 to 1978 and competed at the European Championships in 1974, the Commonwealth Games in 1978, and numerous internationals. He was an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB) and received his Diploma in Financial Studies from the Institute. He attended Edinburgh Academy and studied economics at Heriot-Watt University graduating with an Honors Degree. Jenkins was born in Scotland, the son of an oil refinery manager. He left Barclays in the summer of 2009 and in 2011 joined the Management Committee and Investment Committee of the Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual until 2013.Įstimates suggested that Jenkins earned about £40 million during the years from 2005 to 2009, making him reputedly the highest paid banker in the City of London. In 2008, he played a key role raising capital for Barclays Group in June and October 2008 totaling over 9 billion pounds from amongst others, the Qatar Investment Authority, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. įrom 1994 to 2009, he worked for Barclays in a variety of roles, including as chief executive of Barclays Capital's Private Equity Group, and from April 2008 as Executive Chairman of Investment Banking and Investment Management for the Middle East. ![]() He is the brother of former World no.1 ranked 400m runner, Olympic medalist, convicted drug runner, and informant David Jenkins. ![]() Roger Allan Jenkins (born 30 September 1955) is a British financier and former international athlete.
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