As McEwan Heads South, Will RBS's Rose Finally Get the CEO Role?

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As Ross McEwan announces he’s taken a job in the Southern Hemisphere, the pressure is on Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc to finally reveal whether his successor will be Alison Rose.

State-owned RBS has been searching for McEwan’s successor as chief executive officer for more than a year, and Rose, a lifer at RBS, has been seen as the internal front-runner since former CFO Ewen Stevenson departed. She’d be the first woman to lead a major British lender.