Email Prank Embarrasses Barclays CEO Jes Staley
Barclays CEO Jes Staley reportedly the victim of an email hoax that subsequently went public.
Barclays plc (BCS) - Get Report CEO Jes Staley was back in the headlines Friday, only days after surviving a shareholder movement for his ouster, after he was reportedly the victim of an email hoax that subsequently went public.
The Financial Times reported that Staley responded to an email he thought was from his chairman, John McFarlane, heaping praise on his colleague for supporting him at the bank's annual general meeting earlier this week and thanking him for "sharing the foxhole".
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