BARCLAYS CEO Antony Jenkins on Friday expressed confidence in Barclays Africa Group CEO Maria Ramos, saying that he did not expect her to leave the banking group any time soon and that he hoped to work with her for "many years to come".Mr Jenkins said on Friday that he had reformed Barclays’ leadership and did not expect changes in the foreseeable future.The vote of confidence should settle speculation that Ms Ramos was in the line of fire due to the underperformance of Absa, now Barclays Africa Group, relative to its peers FirstRand, Nedbank and Standard Bank." I was on the Absa board. I know her very well. I have enormous respect for her, her capabilities as a leader, her integrity and her commitment to what I am trying to get done at Barclays so it is my expectation and strong hope that Maria and I work together for many years to come," he said. "I think she has done a very good job with our interests in South Africa and I think she will do a good job with our interests in the wh...
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