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The CEO of NatWest has admitted she “made a serious error of judgment” when she leaked private banking information about Nigel Farage to the BBC – but refuses to step down.
It comes after the BBC apologised to the GB News presenter after the broadcaster was forced to amend a story based on information from a “trusted and senior” source which turned out to be “incomplete and inaccurate”.
In a statement, Alison Rose, CEO of the NatWest Group said she “was wrong to respond to any question raised by the BBC about this case”.
The board have issued a “further apology” to Farage and said Rose “should not have spoken in the way she did”.
The BBC’s report was published just one day after business editor Simon Jack sat with NatWest chief Rose at a charity dinner.
Farage’s account with Coutts had been closed earlier this month after the bank said they no longer wanted him as a customer.
Howard Davies, Chairman of the NatWest Group said while Rose’s conversation with Jack was “a regrettable error of judgement on her part”, after “careful reflection the Board has concluded that it retains full confidence in Ms Rose as CEO of the bank”.
He said: “She has proved, over the last 4 years to be an outstanding leader of the institution, as demonstrated by our results. The Board therefore believes it is clearly in the interest of all the bank’s shareholders and customers that she continues in post…
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