On Thursday the Dutch lender's chief financial officer, Hugh Scott-Barrett, announced he was resigning.
On Thursday ABN's chief financial officer, Hugh Scott-Barrett, announced he was resigning.
"Given the expected change in ownership of ABN Amro, this is an opportune moment for me to look at my future, " the departing CFO Hugh Scott-Barrett said in a statement.
The position he'd been offered in a future takeover by Barclays had not been attractive, he added, and Scott-Barrett presumably believed he would not have held a suitably senior position under rival suitors, Royal Bank of Scotland, either.
"Given the expected change in ownership of ABN Amro (nyse: ABN - news - people ), this is an opportune moment for me to look at my future, " the departing CFO Hugh Scott-Barrett said in a statement.
Scott-Barrett's departure comes as a small surprise since ABN's activist shareholder The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) had been braying for the head of Chief Executive RijkmanGroeninkRijkman Groenink, while Dutch shareholders rights group VEB had also said the chief's position was untenable.
Scott-Barrett's departure comes as a small surprise since ABN's activist shareholder The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) had been braying for the head of Chief Executive Rijkman Groenink , while Dutch shareholders rights group VEB had also said the chief's position was untenable.
The position he'd been offered in a future takeover by Barclays (nyse: BCS - news - people ) had not been attractive, he added, and Scott-Barrett presumably believed he would not have held a suitably senior position under rival suitors, Royal Bank of Scotland (other-otc: RBSPF - news - people ), either.
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