NatWest's year of reckoning: Bank which was once a basket case faces public sale in 2024 By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 17:00 EST, 27 December 2023 e-mail View comments In 2008, it was nearly destroyed by the reckless leadership of Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin before being rescued in a £45billion state bail-out. Sixteen years later, NatWest – today only worth £19billion in total – is about to face another pivotal moment as the Government explores a public sale of part of the big stake it still holds in the lender. And it will do so with a new chairman and chief executive after boss Alison Rose was forced out over a de-banking scandal…
