\u2018Project Jes\u2019 targeted high-level figures including George Osborne and Mervyn King, emails suggest<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Epstein deployed a consultant to push for Jes Staley to become Barclays\u2019 chief executive in 2012, a court was told on Tuesday, with the ultimately failed campaign \u2013 called \u201cProject Jes\u201d \u2013 having targeted high-profile figures including the then chancellor, George Osborne, and the then Bank of England governor, Mervyn King.<\/p>\n
The campaign\u2019s efforts were detailed as part of a landmark legal case launched by Staley against the UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Staley is trying to overturn its 2023 decision to ban him from taking senior roles in the UK\u2019s financial sector for having allegedly misled the regulator over the depth of his relationship with the convicted sex offender Epstein.<\/p>\n
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