RBS prepares to name Hester successor - but BlackRock man stays put

The next chief executive of state-backed lender Royal Bank of Scotland could be named next week, according to reports.

Stephen Hester's replacement could come from a shortlist of around three or four internal and external candidates. Leading internal successors are Ross McEwan, head of RBS's retail banking unit, and Bruce van Saun, the bank's finance director. David Roberts, an ex-senior banker at Barclays and current deputy chairman of LLoyds Banking Group is an outside prospect, according to the Daily Telegraph. However, ex-HSBC Hong Kong chief executive Mark McCombe - who was also in the running - has ruled himself out. Now head of fund manager BlackRock's Asia Pacific operations, McCombe s...