David Walker

Who is David Walker?

Sir David Alan Walker, a British banker, was chairman of Morgan Stanley International and is a senior advisor to that firm. He was chairman from 1995 to 2001, and 2004 to 2005. Walker was previously Assistant Secretary at the Treasury, chairman of the Securities and Investments Board, executive director for finance and industry at the Bank of England and deputy chairman of Lloyds TSB. In 1994 he also joined the Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.

In 2007, Walker was commissioned by the UK private equity industry to produce guidelines for disclosure and transparency in private equity. On 9 February 2009, he was appointed to lead a government enquiry into banks' corporate governance; the appointment was criticised. On 9 August 2012 he was appointed Chairman of Barclays effective 1 November.