Lend Me Your Ear

Sir Martin Jacomb was born in 1929. After Eton and Oxford, he was a barrister, before starting a career in business. He has been Vice-Chairman of Kleinwort Benson, Deputy Chairman of Barclays and was Chairman of the Canary Wharf Group, the London Docklands property company, during the epic takeover battle of the early 2000s. Sir Martin has also held senior board position at Rio Tinto and Marks and Spencer, been Chairman of Prudential and served on the Court of the Bank of England.