101 Resignations from World Banks (Updated 2/29/12)

American Kabuki, 2.29.2012

101 Resignations from World Banks:

1. 9/01/11 (USA NY) Bank of New York Mellon Chief Robert P. Kelly Resigns in a Shake-UPhttp://cli.gs/x80u7sk
2. 09/20/12 (SCOTLAND) SCOTTISH WIDOWS (RETIREMENT INVESTMENT SAVINGS FUND) There could be no Scottish representative on the board of Lloyds Banking Group, owner of Bank of Scotland, in future after it announced the departure of Lord Sandy Leitch, the chairman of Scottish Widows and group deputy chairman.http://cli.gs/le7qon2
3. 9/25/11 (SWITZERLAND) UBS  CEO Oswald Gruebel quits over £1.5bn rogue trader crisishttp://cli.gs/rn0tgj
4. 9/28/11 (SWITZERLAND) SNB Bank Council: Fritz Studerresigns as per end-April 2012http://cli.gs/9wpeq0q
5. 10/29/11 (CHINA) China Construction Bank Corp Chairman Guo Shuqing resignshttp://cli.gs/b14tv6l
6. 10/29/11 (CHINA) Agricultural Bank of China Ltd Chairman Xiang Junbo resignshttp://cli.gs/b14tv6l
7. 11/01/12 (INDIA) More directors of the Beed district bank resignhttp://cli.gs/67gb6d
8. 11/02/12 (UK) Lloyds Banking Group chief executive,António Horta-Osório, is to take leave of absence on health grounds for six to eight weeks, the BBC has reported. (STILL OUT AS OF 2/24/12 – DEFACTO RESIGNATION)http://cli.gs/xg4snc1
9. 11/21/11 (JAPAN) UBS’s Japan Investment Banking Chairman Matsui to Resignhttp://cli.gs/gdm988q
10. 12/15/11 (UK) Senior private banker James Flemingresigns from Coutts [private bank]http://cli.gs/icg7w7
11. 12/23/11 (USA VA) Bank feud: Chairman Mark Gilesquits VNBhttp://cli.gs/n9mabhs
12. 12/23/11 (USA VA) Bank feud: Board Member Claire Gargalli quits VNBhttp://cli.gs/n9mabhs
13. 12/23/11 (USA VA) Bank feud: Board Member Leslie Disharoon quits VNBhttp://cli.gs/n9mabhs
14. 12/23/11 (USA VA) Bank feud: Board Member Neal Kassell quits VNBhttp://cli.gs/n9mabhs
15. 1/01/12 (NIGERIA) United Bank for Africa Plc Victor Osadolor resignshttp://cli.gs/1el9169
16. 1/01/12 (ISRAEL) Israel’s Bank Leumi CEO Galia Maorsteps down after 16 yearshttp://cli.gs/6unkmlf
17. 1/03/12 (USA VA) Suffolk Bancorp president and CEO J. Gordon Huszagh steps downhttp://cli.gs/wwcyl71
18. 1/03/12 (UK) Arbuthnot Banking Group: Neil Kirtonresigned from the Boardhttp://cli.gs/guoevyf
19. 1/03/12 (UK) Arbuthnot Banking Group: Atholl Turrellleft the Board.http://cli.gs/x53cg1d
20. 1/05/12 (UK) Saunderson House [Private Bank] CEO Nick Fletcher steps downhttp://cli.gs/m9vec4y
21. 1/09/12 (SWITZERLAND) SNB Chairman Philipp Hildebrand resignshttp://cli.gs/s17bvj
22. 1/19/12 (SPAIN) Spanish bank Santander’s Americas chiefFrancisco Luzon quitshttp://cli.gs/5greru
23. 1/30/12 (UK) Butterfield Private Bank head Danny DixonSteps Downhttp://cli.gs/5b79fbd
24. 1/20/12 (JAPAN) Normura’s head of wholesale bankingJasjit Bhattai quitshttp://cli.gs/x3hhykp
25. 1/21/12 (Greece)  Institute of International Finance negotiator Charles Dallara quits http://cli.gs/iq071x
26. 1/21/12 (Greece)  Institute of International Finance negotiator Jean Lemierre quitshttp://cli.gs/iq071x
27. 1/29/12 (NEW ZEALAND) New Zealand Reserve Bank GovAlan Bollard to Step Downhttp://cli.gs/11fnco2
28. 2/01/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA [Barclay’s Bank] deputy CEO Louis von Zeuner resignshttp://cli.gs/ilk3bw0
29. 2/01/12 (UK) Lloyds Bankging Group head of wholesaleTruett Tate quitshttp://cli.gs/6brhb0
30. 2/01/12 (UK) Llyods Banking Group Tim Tookey leaving end of Februaryhttp://cli.gs/vodr08j
31. 2/02/12 (VENEZUELA) Banking Crisis Arne Chaconarrested for Banking Corruptionhttp://cli.gs/6p4qud9
32. 2/05/12 (USA – NY) Morgan’s investment banking chairman Joseph Perella quithttp://cli.gs/3ww27st
33. 2/05/12 (USA – NY) Morgan Stanley investment bankingTarek Abdel-Meguid quithttp://cli.gs/3ww27st
34. 2/06/12 (INDIA) Dhanlaxmi Bank CEO Amitabh Chaturvedi quits:http://cli.gs/0t4ba4
35. 2/7/12 (USA) Bank Of America’s Mortgage Business ChiefBarbara Desoer Retireshttp://cli.gs/y5spl4b
36. 2/07/12 (INDIA) Kotak Mahindra Bank Falguni Nayarquitshttp://cli.gs/dfnp5ph
37. 2/07/12 (IRAN) Iran denies central bank resignation rumor (don’t believe until its denied?)http://cli.gs/70dbtnx
38. 2/09/12 (VATICAN) Four Priests Charged In Vatican Banking Scandal (names not known)http://cli.gs/ttahvxk
39. 2/9/12 (UKRAINE) National Bank of Ukraine deputy governor Volodymyr Krotiuk quitshttp://cli.gs/ahytwo9
40. 2/10/12 (KOREA) Korea Exchange Bank chief Larry Klanesteps downhttp://cli.gs/vr0sjf
41. 2/10/12 (INDIA) Tamilnad Mercantile Bank CEO A K Jagannathan resignshttp://cli.gs/c93mgy8
42. 2/13/12 (KUWAIT) Kuwait Central Bank CEO Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabbah resignshttp://cli.gs/wcw6ff
43. 2/14/12 (NICARAQUA) Nicaraqua Central Bank PresidentAntenor Rosales resignshttp://cli.gs/q5xaopa
44. 2/14/12 (UK) Social finance pioneer Malcolm Haydayquits Charity Bankhttp://cli.gs/r69lqgu
45. 2/15/12 (WORLD) World Bank CEO Zoellick resignshttp://cli.gs/72fyiupDid the White House tell the World Bank president that he’s out?http://cli.gs/ilii9a1
46. 2/15/12 (SLOVENIA) Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor CEOAndrej Plos resignshttp://cli.gs/6olxu5w
47. 2/15/12 (SLOVENIA) Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d. CEOBozo Jasovic resignshttp://cli.gs/6olxu5w
48. 2/15/12 (KENYA) Govenor of Kenyan Central BankNjuguna Ndung’u
    to Resignhttp://cli.gs/bau9sue
49. 2/16/12 (UK) The Financial Services Authority Margaret Cole is to step downhttp://cli.gs/4nkoven
50. 2/16/12 (GHANA) Databank Group Executive Chair Ken Ofori-Atta steps downhttp://business.thinkghana.com/pages/finance/201202/57429.php
51. 2/16/12 (SAUDI ARABIA) Saudi Hollandi Banks Managing Director Geoffrey Calvert Quitshttp://cli.gs/an8tv23
52. 2/16/12 (AUSTRALIA) ANZ Bank Australia CFO Peter Marriott resignshttp://cli.gs/twoigu
53. 2/16/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland Sr Equities TraderJason Edinburgh Arrestedhttp://cli.gs/nnlsmn3
54. 2/16/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland director equities bus. Vincent Walsh director Arrestedhttp://cli.gs/nnlsmn3
55. 2/16/12 (UK) Marex Spectron senior trader Michael Elsom Arrestedhttp://cli.gs/nnlsmn3
56. 2/16/12 (AUSTRALIA) Royal Bank of Scotland Austrailan CEO Stephen Williams resignshttp://cli.gs/0d5ess
57. 2/17/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein out as by summerhttp://cli.gs/odkdp4r
58. 2/17/12 (SWITZERLAND) SNB Council President Hansueli Raggenbass resigns http://cli.gs/sa7djft
59. 2/18/12 (PAKISTAN) The Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir executive Zulfiqar Abbasi resigns http://cli.gs/ejjk61c
60. 2/20/12 (RUSSIA) Head of Russian Bank RegulatorGennady Melikyan Steps Downhttp://cli.gs/92eda1a
61. 2/20/12 (SWITZERLAND) Credit Suisse Chief Joseph Tanresignshttp://cli.gs/xujb5lv
62. 2/20/12 (ISRAEL) Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd: Zvi Itskovitch resignshttp://cli.gs/hogcc
63. 2/20/12 (USA) R. David Land Submits Resignation from the Boards of Directors of Peoples Bancorporation, Inc. and Seneca National Bankhttp://cli.gs/k8jfru9
64. 2/20/12 (USA WA) First Financial Northwest DirectorSpencer Schneider Quitshttp://cli.gs/2bmr72
65. 2/21/12 (ARGENTINA) Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) Gen Mgr Benigno Velez, resignshttp://cli.gs/kik1ddd
66. 2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd directorAbdul Matlub resigns
    conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bankhttp://cli.gs/a7vvmb2
67. 2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd directorSelima Ahmad resigns
    conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bankhttp://cli.gs/a7vvmb2
68. 2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd directorAbdul Musabbir Ahmad resigns
    conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bankhttp://cli.gs/a7vvmb2
69. 2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) City General Insurance Co. Ltd director Geasuddin Ahmad resigns
    conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bankhttp://cli.gs/a7vvmb2
70. 2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Social Islami Bank Limited director Taslima Akter resigns
    conflict of interest with director seat on Eastland Insurance Company Limitedhttp://cli.gs/a7vvmb2
71. 2/21/12 (JAPAN) CITIBANK JAPAN: Bakhshi is taking over duties from Brian Mccappin, who the bank said in December would resign after the unit was banned for two weeks from trading tied to the London and Tokyo interbank offered rates.http://cli.gs/uf759ex
72. 2/22/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Group ChiefHoward Wietschner to Retirehttp://cli.gs/ikvo80v
73. 2/23/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Richard Gush resigns from Standard Bankhttp://cli.gs/eq6pqbo
74. 2/23/12 (SCOTLAND) Royal Bank of Scotland Group director John McFarlane resigns. http://cli.gs/auxu10f
75. 2/24/12 (INDIA) Breaking: ICICI Bank GC Pramod Raoresignshttp://cli.gs/ege43r2
76. 2/24/12 (HONG KONG) Citigroup Pvt Bank Global Real Estate Kwang Meng Quek Resignshttp://cli.gs/li9sab1
77. 2/24/12 (NEW ZEALAND) FSF Executive Director Kirk Hope resignshttp://cli.gs/5u9i14e
78. 2/24/12 (USA) Evercore Partners Head Eduardo Mestresteps downhttp://cli.gs/wnxafp9
79. 2/25/12 (AUSTRALIA AND NZ) Goldman Sachs ChairmanStephen Fitzgerald quitshttp://cli.gs/7totmju
80. 2/27/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank Americas chief  Seth Waugh steps downhttp://cli.gs/5clft6j
81. 2/27/12 (BAHRAIN) Khaleeji Commercial Bank CEOEbrahim Ebrahim quitshttp://cli.gs/wgyujp
82. 2/27/12 (FRANCE) Societe Generale’s Investment Banking Chief Michel Péretié Steps Downhttp://cli.gs/rk0scap
83. 2/27/12 (MALAYSIA) Elaf Bank CEO Dr El Jaroudi resignshttp://cli.gs/52f6qqn
84. 2/27/12 (JAPAN) Nomura’s Head Of Wholesale BankingJesse Bhattal Quitshttp://cli.gs/h77yc60
85. 2/27/12 (INDIA) Kotak Mahindra Bank Ms Falguni NayarQuitshttp://cli.gs/kmjfmq
86. 2/27/12 (GERMANY) Equiduct chairman Artur Fischersteps downhttp://cli.gs/rj2jp2b
87. 2/27/12 (BAHRAIN) – Mumtalakat Holding [Sovereign Wealth Fund] CEO Al Zain resignshttp://cli.gs/ci9s3fy
88. 2/27/12 (IRAN) Bank Melli CEO Mahmoud Reza KhaavariResigns – Flees to Canada!http://cli.gs/iodk071
89. 2/27/12 (IRAN) Bank Saderat CEO Mohammad Jahromiresignshttp://cli.gs/yi5c66
90. 2/27/12 (UK) Lloyds Banking Group Glen Moreno steps downhttp://cli.gs/n50yxmw
91. 2/28/12 (HONG KONG) Hang Seng Bank CEO Margaret Leung Ko May-yee quitshttp://cli.gs/wr3rgye
92. 2/28/12 (CHINA) Bank of China International ECM global head Marshall Nicholson quitshttp://cli.gs/exrndtm
93. 2/28/12 (SINGAPORE) DBS security head Jim Pasqurellquits, cites health reasonshttp://cli.gs/kkbp2bl
94. 2/28/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America’s Asia-Pac. mrkts Brian Canniffe quitshttp://cli.gs/yrklslj
95. 2/28/12 (BELGIUM) KBC’s CEO Jan Vanhevel is to retire after a career spanning 41 years.http://cli.gs/35yjxi0
96. 2/28/12 (CANADA) Ontario Securities Commission chairwoman Peggy-Anne Brown quitshttp://cli.gs/o6b5mo3
97. 2/28/12 (AUSTRALIA) Bank manager Colin John Carleton jailed nine years for $3m thefthttp://cli.gs/x2t1wsm
98. 2/28/12 (SRI LANKA) Sri Lanka Com Bank CEO Amitha Gooneratne retireshttp://cli.gs/jriaum5
99. 2/28/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) REDEFINE INCOME FUND director Gerald Leissner resignshttp://cli.gs/5d8qhmo
100. 2/29/12 (AUSTRALIA) Perpetual portfolio manager Matt Williams steps downhttp://cli.gs/atner3
101. 2/29/12 (UK) Honister Capital CEO Richard Pearsonsteps downhttp://cli.gs/kmqsson

Author Note: Note: I have extensively edited this list, re-verified links, shortened URLs to make this list more readable. Its grown very rapidly over the past week and was getting unwieldy in its prior form.  In some cases certain middle eastern bankers and European private bankers have managed to have their names removed from smaller blogs and news sites so I have updated those cases to larger news organizations less likely to bow to pressure. At the time of this posting all URLs listed work, I do not guarantee they always will.  I have also added missing names (in bold) and those URLSs where more than one person was resigning I expanded the item to have one line each, since everyone who copies this to their blogs (wow did this spread far and wide!) views each instance as one banker resigning I thought I’d make this listing more reflect that viewpoint.  I do not know under what circumstances these individuals have left their positions, I make no judgement on that. I just find the timing of so many resignations extremely curious and a bit of temporal marker in history of very high significance. No one should assume I make any judgement about the character of these people. I frankly don’t know their reputations except for a few rather famous ones.  I don’t mind if you re-blog this listing, information wants to fly free, just do me a favor of including http://americankabuki.blogspot.com and this header when you do so.  Save yourself the wear and tear on your karma. Thanks Kauilapele for the heads up on the broken links.