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NatWest strips £7.6m from payout to ex-boss Alison Rose after Farage row

Dame Alison Rose left her role as the boss of NatWest after she admitted being the source of a BBC article (NatWest/ PA)
Dame Alison Rose left her role as the boss of NatWest after she admitted being the source of a BBC article (NatWest/ PA)

NatWest has scrapped about £7.6 million in potential payouts to former boss Dame Alison Rose after she left the company in July following the fallout from the debanking row with Nigel Farage.

The banking giant said she has not been considered a “good leaver” following her departure and will therefore not receive most of the discretionary parts of her pay package.

The former boss will nevertheless get £2.4 million for 12 months’ worth of pay and benefits plus around £800,000 for former bonus shares due to vest in March next year.

NatWest stressed that there was “no finding of misconduct” against the former boss.

Nigel Farage
The row came after Mr Farage made allegations about his account with Coutts (Gareth Fuller/PA)

The announcement comes a little under four months since Dame Alison stepped down as chief executive of the bank, which also owns Coutts.

Her departure came after she said that she had spoken to a BBC journalist about former Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s relationship with Coutts.

Mr Farage revealed in June that Coutts was planning to close his account.

He claimed it was due to his political opinions. But days later an article appeared in the BBC citing sources claiming that the account was closed for commercial reasons.

Weeks later, Dame Alison was forced to admit that she was the source for the BBC article.