A fixed-income banker by background, John Langley’s path to the top of Barclays’ capital markets businesses was an unusual one.

He began City life as a derivatives trader at Chase Manhattan in 1990, spending half of his career on the fixed-income trading side before landing at Barclays as Emea co-head of risk solutions in 2006. He added the global tag to that title four years later before assuming joint responsibility for global finance - comprising debt and equity capital markets, leveraged finance and loans - in April last year.