Barclays Sees Sponsorships Opening Doors in U.S.

When Barclays president Bob Diamond moved from the U.S. to London about a dozen years ago, he had an underlying suspicion that he’d be coming back to the States. And, in a way, that’s exactly what has happened. While Diamond, 57, continues to live and works primarily in England, one of his chief initiatives this decade has been to oversee a major corporate focus on the Americas. A native of Concord, Mass., Diamond joined Barclays after financial stints with Morgan Stanley and CS First Boston.