Stephen Hester

Scott James Hester

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

ERLANGER - Scott James Hester, 46, died Monday, Nov. 2, at his home.

RBS chief Stephen Hester remains 'upbeat but realistic' despite hurdle of bonus caps

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Stephen Hester chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland admitted that caps on pay have impeded its recruitment in recent months but claimed that he was 'upbeat but realistic' about the troubled bank's future.

Hester plots rebuild for RBS as bid emerges for US offshoot

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

STEPHEN Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, took the first tentative steps to putting it on a firmer footing yesterday as a £1.5 billion potential bid emerged f

RBS faces another year of losses, Hester admits

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday said bad debts were "bottoming out" but the bank expects to continue losing money into next year.The bank, releasing its third-quarter results, is also likely to miss targets agreed with the Government for lending to businesses. But Stephen Hester, chief executive, made no apology for this when he said: "We are making credit available to people who can...

RBS boss Stephen Hester's bonus will be linked to lending performance

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Fears grow that small businesses are being deprived of credit Any bonus awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester will be linked to the Edinburgh-based bank hitting the lending commitments that the Treasury has demanded, it emerged today. UK Financial Investments, the body that controls the taxpayer stakes in the bailed out banks, revealed that Hester's...

Hester in plea to staff after bonus ban bankers contact headhunters

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester yesterday insisted staff would enjoy "a significantly improved position" in terms of bonuses compared to last year, as headhunters reported a deluge of calls.

RBS boss, Stephen Hester. hits out at order to break up bank

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

THE enforced break-up of Royal Bank of Scotland will make it more difficult for taxpayers to get their money back and will not help consumers, its chief executive Stephen Hest

RBS boss Stephen Hester hits out at order to break up bank

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

THE enforced break-up of Royal Bank of Scotland will make it more difficult for taxpayers to get their money back and will not help consumers, its chief executive Stephen Hest

• RBS boss Stephen Hester hits out at order to break up bank - Scotsman.com

RBS boss Stephen Hester hits out at order to break up bank

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

THE enforced break-up of Royal Bank of Scotland will make it more difficult for taxpayers to get their money back and will not help consumers, its chief executive Stephen Hest

Some Ulster Bank assets may be eligible for Nama - RBS chief

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Business Today » Text Size:The Irish Times - Tuesday, November 10, 2009Some Ulster Bank assets may be eligible for Nama - RBS chiefSIMON CARSWELL Finance CorrespondentTHE CHIEF executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), owner of Ulster Bank, has said the Irish bank may hold some assets that are eligible for the National Asset Management Agency (Nama).However, Stephen Hester said the “substantial...

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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Zombies are lurking on every high streetWhen the chief executive of a big bank says he has been "bruised" you know there is an awful going on behind that short word. By Kamal AhmedPublished: 8:40PM GMT 07 Nov 2009Comments 1 | Comment on this articleFor Stephen Hester, who said his experience of dealing with the European Union over the issue of state aid had left him in such...

Business Diary: A nicer way to describe those bankers

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Many people have their own names for bonus-grabbing bankers – mostly unprintable – but Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (84 per cent owned by the taxpayer) uses a different term. He and his colleagues are now "stewards of public money", he explains. We know that, Stephen – it's the fact that you keep stewarding it into executives'...

Chancellor must clear up confusion on bank bonuses

Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

... that the Chancellor had banned him from disclosing even the total bonus pot at RBS and Lloyds “Stephen Hester was far from clear this morning despite telling his colleagues just two days previously that they could cash in half their bonus in June. This kind of evasive behaviour is not right for the Chief Executive of a bank majority owned by the taxpayer. “It is utterly outrageous...

• Chancellor must clear up confusion on bank bonuses says Oakeshott - Liberal Democrats

Big Barclays investment profits create a dilemma

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

... directors will have their bonuses, paid largely in shares, deferred until 2012.RBS chief executive Stephen Hester said at the Royal's Q3 results last Friday that it was increasingly "walking a tight-rope" between attracting good staff and reforming the bonus system.

Bank chief bounces back from bruising body blows

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Textual analysts would have a field day scrutinising the rhetoric of Stephen Hester's public pronouncements. This week, he talked several times of feeling "bruised" by...