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Published November 19, 2007 at 11:32 AM
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Citi's chair Robert Rubin allegedly contacted Goodwin after Chuck Prince quit two weeks ago. However, the Telegraph reported Goodwin is unlikely to accept a Citi offer, but it noted that he could receive considerably higher compensation than his current £4 million ($8.2 million) package based on John Thain's $50 million compensation package at Merrill Lynch & Co.
RBS just completed the £50 billion purchase of Dutch bank ABN Amro Bank NV. Additionally, the Telegraph story noted that RBS may announce the disposal of certain units including its stake in the Bank of China.
Below is Dealscape's handy color-coded "CliffsNotes" of a possible short list of candidates compiled from various sources.
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Robert B. Willumstad, 62, Citigroup’s former chief operating officer, who left after being passed over in favor of Chuck Prince for the CEO spot, currently the chairman of American International Group Inc.
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Vikram S. Pandit, 50, founder of Old Lane Partners LP, who following Citi's $800 million purchase of the hedge fund, now heads Citi's alternative investment group and the investment bank
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Richard M. Kovacevich, 64, a former Citicorp executive in the 1980s, who later became chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo
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James Dimon, the 51-year-old J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. chairman and chief executive
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Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock Inc.’s 55-year-old founder and chief executive, who was on Merrill Lynch's short list before John Thain was named CEO
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Henry M. Paulson Jr., 61, currently the Treasury secretary
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John Thornton, a longtime dealmaking executive at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express Co.’s 56-year-old chairman and chief executive
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Richard D. Fairbank, Capital One Financial Corp.’s 57-year-old founder and chief executive
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Michel Tilmant, 55, the Belgian-born chairman and chief executive of ING Groep NV
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Michael Goodwin, the CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
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John A. Thain, head of the New York Stock Exchange, who left to become CEO of Merrill Lynch thereby taking him off the list
— Matthew Wurtzel
See story from the Telegraph
See related story about the state of banking from Financial News
See Dealscape: John Thain is not a Citi contender
See Dealscape: An open field for Citi's CEO spot?
See Dealscape: Music stops for Citi's Prince
See TheDeal.com: RBS group wins control of ABN Amro
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Citigroup Inc. is said to have "informally" approached Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc's CEO, Sir Fred Goodwin, the 
