RBS faces struggle to find boss amid political meddling

Royal Bank of Scotland will struggle to recruit a suitable replacement for ousted chief executive Stephen Hester, someone who must steer it through privatisation and accept that political interference comes with the job.

Hester’s departure, engineered by chairman Philip Hampton with the backing of Britain’s finance ministry, presents RBS with the near-impossible task of finding an ideal candidate - an experienced banker untainted by the industry’s scandals who has the skill to deal with its biggest shareholder, the government.

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