RBS boss determined to top banking 'premier league'

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin spoke of his ambition to catapult the business “to the top of the premier league” this week if his attempts to land Dutch bank ABN Amro are successful.

But then Goodwin – who is leading a banking consortium hoping to win ABN from the grasp of Barclays with a potential £48.1bn (€70.8bn) offer – has made a habit of transformational deals during his nine-year tenure at the helm of RBS.