Richard Boath

Richard Boath is a British banker, the former Barclays global co-head of finance.

Early life Richard Boath is the son of a senior chemicals company executive , and a former Miss Manchester. He has a bachelor's degree in management science from the University of Manchester.

As of 2026, Boath is an adviser at Agora, a firm developing distributed ledger technology solutions for bonds.

Barclays fraud case In June 2017, following a five-year investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office covering Barclays' activities during the 2008 financial crisis, the former Barclays chief executive John Varley and three former colleagues, Roger Jenkins, Thomas Kalaris and Boath were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance.

In February 2020, Boath, along with Thomas Kalaris and Roger Jenkins, were found not guilty on all charges. Varley had previously been cleared of the same charges in June 2019.