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"Will you act now with integrity and honor and resign,"
shareholder Michael Mason-Mahon, a frequent activist at major
British banks' annual general meetings, asked Staley at
Barclays' own AGM.
But Barclays Chairman John McFarlane said that he was standing
by the chief executive.
"You know me, if I thought he should go he would have gone,"
McFarlane told shareholders.
Barclays last month said it had reprimanded Staley and would cut
his bonus after he twice attempted to identify the author of a
letter that revealed "concerns of a personal nature" about an
unnamed senior employee.
"I made a mistake in becoming involved in an issue which I
should have left to the business to deal with," Staley said.
Another investor said it 'beggars belief' that Staley was not
aware of the bank's policies on not trying to identify
whistleblowers.
ISS, a shareholder proxy firm, last month advised shareholders
to abstain from voting to reelect Staley to the bank's board.
Staley also told the AGM that he did not see a need for Barclays
to shift jobs or significant operations out of Britain as a
result of the country's vote last June to leave the European
Union, regardless of how the exit negotiations pan out.
(Editing by Alexander Smith)
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