Dyslexic Barclays boss ‘never meant to mislead anyone about Epstein links’

Telegraph ^ | 3/7/2025 | Michael Bow

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Jes Staley’s condition may have led to ‘a mistake’ in describing ties to paedophile, the bank’s chairman told the FCA.

Jes Staley did not give a clear account of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein because of his dyslexia, according to Barclays’ chairman.

In evidence to the High Court on Friday, it was revealed that Nigel Higgins claimed to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that Mr Staley “doesn’t read a lot” and “may have made a mistake” during an investigation into his relationship with the paedophile financier.

Mr Higgins defended his former colleague by claiming he had “no motive” to mislead the FCA, which previously handed Mr Staley a lifetime ban from the City over his failure to disclose the full nature of his ties to Epstein.

Mr Staley is trying to overturn the ban in the High Court.

Robert Smith KC, Mr Staley’s barrister, told the court that Mr Higgins previously asked regulators whether they had taken into account Mr Staley’s underlying conditions during its investigation into whether they were misled.

During the meeting between Mr Higgins and Sam Woods, the head of the Prudential Regulation Authority, Mr Higgins said: “[Mr Staley] is dyslexic, he doesn’t read a lot of things, he may have made a mistake. What is his motive to mislead?”

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