12 Facts About Ross McEwan

Ross Maxwell McEwan was born on 16 July 1957 and is a New Zealand banker, and former chief executive officer and managing director of National Australia Bank.

Ross McEwan was previously the chief executive officer of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, a FTSE 100 company, from October 2013 to October 2019.

Ross McEwan later earned a master in business administration from the Harvard Business School.

Ross McEwan was then appointed CEO of First NZ Securities, the stockbroking arm of First NZ Capital Securities, the New Zealand affiliate of Credit Suisse Group.

In 2003 Ross McEwan was hired as group executive for retail banking services for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Ross McEwan had been expected to become the next CEO of CBA, but was passed over for the post in 2011.

Ross McEwan joined RBS in August 2012 as head of retail banking.

In 2018 Ross McEwan was requested by the Treasury Committee in the United Kingdom to explain how RBS's Global Restructuring Group had handled its dealings with small businesses from 2008 to 2014.

British MP Nicky Morgan, then chair of the committee wrote in reply to Ross McEwan's written submission that it was 'concerned by the pattern of defensiveness, and a failure to acknowledge mistakes, demonstrated by RBS throughout its handling of the GRG affair.

Ross McEwan had a 12 month notice period, and committed himself to remain in situ until a suitable successor was found.

Ross McEwan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to the financial sector.

Ross McEwan has a degree in food technology and they have two adult daughters.