The new directors are Stephen Hester, John McFarlane and Arthur Ryan. Two existing nonexecutives directors, who are former Royal Bank executives, Lawrence Fish and Charles Koch, will be stepping down.
Hester is CEO of British Land Co. plc and was previously COO of lender Abbey National plc. McFarlane was CEO of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. from 1997 until 2007 while Ryan was CEO and president of Newark, N.J.-based Prudential Financial Inc. until earlier this year.
In April Goodwin faced calls for his resignation after the bank launched a £12 billion ($22 billion) rights issue -- after insisting in February it had no need for fresh funds. Earlier this month the bank posted its first-ever six-month loss.
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc is bringing in three new nonexecutive directors in response to the criticism of CEO Fred Goodwin.
