RBS is set to appoint Alison Rose as first-ever female boss ‘in bid to move on from macho, high-risk culture’
- Royal Bank of Scotland to appoint first-ever woman boss as soon as next week
- Alison Rose was once the only woman inside the RBS executive boardroom
- The banking boss led a report into female entrepreneurship just months ago
A banking executive who was once the only woman in the boardroom will be appointed as the Royal Bank of Scotland’s first-ever woman CEO.
Alison Rose will be appointed the new boss of banking giant RBS from as early as next week.
Ms Rose will become one of the most senior women working in the global finance sector as the bank tries to disown itself from ‘macho, high-risk culture’, The Telegraph reported.
Alison Rose, who was once the only woman in the boardroom, will be appointed as the Royal Bank of Scotland’s first-ever woman CEO
Rose lives in Highgate, near Hampstead Heath, London, with her two teenage children, The Guardian reported.
She will be taking over from Ross McEwan, who has led the bank since 2013.
She told Herald Scotland that she was the only woman in the RBS boardroom when she started as an executive.
She told the newspaper of her new role: ‘I do see myself as a positive role model and I hope that young women will aspire to reach the top. I think that I am someone that can be looked up to.’
Just months ago she led a report into female entrepreneurship, the Rose Report, which was named after her.
She wrote in the report’s foreword section: ‘I firmly believe that the disparity that exists between female and male entrepreneurs is unacceptable and holding the UK back.
‘The unrealised potential for the UK economy is enormous’.
Rose will be appointed the new boss of banking giant RBS from as early as next week. She will be taking over from Ross McEwan, who has led the bank since 2013