<div><p>Barclays Bank is paying a high price to avoid being in thrall to the UK government - and not just financially. It has tied up a deal to raise £5.8bn from two sheikhs as an alternative to bolstering its capital through a Treasury-sponsored bailout, provoking the ire of its existing shareholders ...

<div><p>Roger Jenkins, a former international athlete, is the Barclays executive who brokered the new investments from the Middle East, who were in turn represented by another one-time athlete, Amanda Staveley - now a partner in private equity firm PCP Capital Partners.</p><p>Jenkins is one of the big hitters inside ...