Fred Goodwin

Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS (b.1958) is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.

From 2000 to 2008, he presided over RBS's rapid rise to global prominence as the world's largest company by assets (£1.9 trillion), and fifth-largest bank by stock market value and its even more rapid fall as RBS was forced into effective nationalisation in 2008. On 11 October 2008, Goodwin officially announced his resignation as chief executive and an early retirement, effective from 31 January 2009 – a month before RBS announced that its 2008 loss totalled £24.1 billion, the largest annual loss in UK corporate history.

From January 2010, he was employed as a senior adviser to RMJM, an international architecture firm. He left the position after less than a year.

Goodwin was knighted in 2004 for his services to banking, but in a highly unusual move the honour was annulled by the Queen on 1…more

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	You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom by Nick Cohen 4.08 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 2012 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11 by Alistair Darling 3.77 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British economy by Iain Martin 3.91 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 2013 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shredded: Inside RBS, The Bank That Broke Britain by Ian Fraser (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2013 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh by Ray Perman 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scotland After Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence by Neil Davidson 3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2022 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars