Nine years ago, when Barclays Africa CEO Maria Ramos's predecessor Steve Booysen gave his swan-song results presentation, Lady Gaga's Poker Face blared from the speakers as he took to the podium - apparently an ode to the banking environment of the day. If Ramos had continued using a soundtrack, a feature of Booysen's annual results presentations over the four years he spent as the bank's CEO, her musical selection would no doubt have been less upbeat. When she presents the annual results on Thursday, it will mark the beginning of her 10th year as CEO and, hopefully, the end of nearly a decade of exacting circumstances. Since March 2009, when Ramos took the helm, Barclays Africa's share price has been the poorest performer among the big four banks, growing 141%. In that period Standard Bank's share price grew 241%, Nedbank's 290%, and FirstRand's shot up by 657%. The group also relinquished market share to its competitors after being the country's biggest retail bank in January 2008...
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