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It was the strategy, not the execution, that got Jenkins

Barclays was right to sack its chief executive – but it did it for the wrong reason, write NYU Stern professors Brad Hintz and Roy C Smith

It was the strategy, not the execution, that got Jenkins

Barclays was right to sack its chief executive – but it did it for the wrong reason.

With its abrupt ejection of Antony Jenkins, Barclays became the third of Europe's four leading global investment banks to dismiss its chief executive this year.

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