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Friday, July 03, 2009

SCRAPING BY ON £342,500 A YEAR


Sir Fred Goodwin has accepted a reduction in his pension payout, but some claim
his charity is a PR exercise
"Sir Fred Goodwin, the former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive who led the company to the brink of collapse and whose £16m pension provoked national outrage, has agreed to a £200,000 reduction in his annual payout. The 50-year-old, who was in charge of RBS when it recorded the worst losses ever seen by a British company, has volunteered to have his pension reduced from £555,000 a year to £342,500 – a cut of 38 per cent." (Independent, 19 June) RD

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