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Barclays chief C S Venkatakrishnan diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Venkat tells staff he will be ‘actively engaged’ in running the bank while he undergoes treatment

‘The board has been kept apprised of my situation and I am enormously grateful for their support’
‘The board has been kept apprised of my situation and I am enormously grateful for their support’ Photo: Jose Sarmento Matos/Getty Images

Barclays chief executive C S Venkatakrishnan has been diagnosed with cancer. He will continue to run the bank while undergoing treatment.

Venkatakrishnan, known as Venkat, told staff that he has non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer that affects the lymph nodes, but that the condition is curable, and treatment will take 12-16 weeks.

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