From Full Circle To The Frontline – Paul Faulkner on Banking, the Midlands & Business Resilience

Paul Faulkner, Vice Chair - Barclays Midlands Paul Faulkner   The new Vice Chair of Barclays Midlands brings a career spanning football, chambers of commerce and corporate finance. Ninder Johal sat down with him to find out what he makes of the region's business landscape — and why the Midlands Economic Summit matters more than ever. There's a neat symmetry to Paul Faulkner's latest chapter. Before he became one of the most recognisable faces in Midlands business leadership, he started out in banking — at MBNA, where he spent four years working across the UK and at the company's global headquarters in Delaware. So when Barclays came calling with the offer of Vice Chair for the Midlands, it felt less like a new direction and more like a homecoming. “In many ways, the role with Barclays sees me coming full circle,” he says, with evident enthusiasm for the opportunity. “I’ve been really pleased with how things have gone in the first few weeks.”   A Region with a Strong Sense of ...