He was described as the unacceptable face of banking before walking away with £2 million from Barclays in the wake of the Libor interest rate-rigging scandal.
BARCLAYS chairman Sir David Walker paid tribute to former chief executive Bob Diamond's "immense contribution" to the bank as shareholders at its annual meeting lambasted the institution for paying top staff too much.
RICH Ricci, Barclays' controversial investment banking chief, is to retire at the end of June but will continue to receive his £700,000 salary for another year and could net millions of pounds in bonuses.