Exclusive: RBS' Managing Director Robert Godber Parts Ways with Lender
- After a tenure of over three decades, Mr. Godber has parted ways with RBS Markets.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has lost one of its longest tenured executives, having parted ways with Robert Godber, its Managing Director of RBS Markets and International Banking, one of the lenders’ UK subsidiaries, Finance Magnates has learned.
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Mr. Godber had previously served as the group’s Managing Director, having originally joined the group back in 1984. Over the next three decades he worked across a number of RBS’ divisions, including most recently as one of the co-heads of Financial Institutional Sales in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) – a position he stepped into in 2013.
It is unclear where Mr. Godber’s next destination is following the departure from RBS. Finance Magnates reached out to RBS, which was unavailable for additional comment.
RBS, like many other lenders in the UK, has been making a series of moves in its personnel departments that have affected their respective top to bottom operations. Banks such as Deutsche Bank have opted to target broad-based cost cutting strategies that have seen the loss of thousands of jobs, upwards of 35,000 in the next few years.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has lost one of its longest tenured executives, having parted ways with Robert Godber, its Managing Director of RBS Markets and International Banking, one of the lenders’ UK subsidiaries, Finance Magnates has learned.
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Mr. Godber had previously served as the group’s Managing Director, having originally joined the group back in 1984. Over the next three decades he worked across a number of RBS’ divisions, including most recently as one of the co-heads of Financial Institutional Sales in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) – a position he stepped into in 2013.
It is unclear where Mr. Godber’s next destination is following the departure from RBS. Finance Magnates reached out to RBS, which was unavailable for additional comment.
RBS, like many other lenders in the UK, has been making a series of moves in its personnel departments that have affected their respective top to bottom operations. Banks such as Deutsche Bank have opted to target broad-based cost cutting strategies that have seen the loss of thousands of jobs, upwards of 35,000 in the next few years.
While the majority of these roles have been relegated to back office or technology positions, many banks have also shuffled and consolidation wealth management, foreign Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term (FX Desks FX Desks FX Desks are locations where forex traders and dealers with a financial institution, bank, or investment firm work. FX desks are commonly structured as a central point that is shared by more than one trader and given the nature of the sleepless 24-hour forex market.The majority of foreign exchange institutions possess FX desks to meet trading demands. For large-scale financial institutions, FX desks are generally swapped for a dealing facility.This is operated by market makers, also known as liq FX Desks are locations where forex traders and dealers with a financial institution, bank, or investment firm work. FX desks are commonly structured as a central point that is shared by more than one trader and given the nature of the sleepless 24-hour forex market.The majority of foreign exchange institutions possess FX desks to meet trading demands. For large-scale financial institutions, FX desks are generally swapped for a dealing facility.This is operated by market makers, also known as liq Read this Term, and fixed income units to combat sinking profit margins and revenues.