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George Mathewson (George Ross Mathewson) was born on 14 May, 1940 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, is a Sir George Ross Mathewson, is Scottish businessman Scottish businessman. Discover George Mathewson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As George Ross Mathewson
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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 14 May, 1940
Birthday 14 May
Birthplace Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Nationality Scotland

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1940

Sir George Ross Mathewson, (born 14 May 1940) is a Scottish businessman.

He is best known for transforming the Scottish bank The Royal Bank of Scotland from a struggling regional player into a quasi global bank with parallels to Citigroup or HSBC.

He was described by the Sunday Herald, as "banking's answer to Bruce Springsteen".

He was the convener of Scotland's Council of Economic Advisers.

Mathewson was born in Dunfermline, the son of George Mathewson, an electrical engineer from Perth, and Charlotte Gordon Ross.

1961

He was educated at Perth Academy and the University of St Andrews' Queen's College in Dundee, from where he graduated in 1961 with a degree in mathematics and applied physics.

1966

In 1966, Mathewson married Sheila Alexandra Graham Bennett, daughter of Eon Bennett, and has two sons.

She died in 2023.

1967

Mathewson started his career as a lecturer at St Andrews University where he did a PhD, before moving to United States to work for Bell Aerospace as an engineer in Buffalo, New York (1967–72).

1972

He was attracted back to Scotland by the opening up of the North Sea to oil exploration and joined venture capital group 3i, then called Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (1972–81).

1981

He was chief executive of the state-funded economic regeneration organisation the Scottish Development Agency (now called Scottish Enterprise) from 1981 to 1987.

1985

Mathewson was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1985 New Year Honours.

1987

Mathewson joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, which is headquartered in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh, in 1987 as director of strategic planning and development.

1992

When Mathewson became RBS's chief executive in 1992 the bank had been severely weakened by bad debts arising from poor lending decisions.

To get the bank onto an even keel, Mathewson commissioned 'Project Columbus', which transformed the processes and structure of RBS's UK retail banking operations and included a tightening of credit controls, a focus on sales and a modernisation of processes and management.

1999

He was knighted in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to economic development in Scotland and banking.

2000

The defining moment of Mathewson's career came with the £21 billion takeover of the much larger UK bank National Westminster Bank in February 2000.

Soon after the NatWest acquisition, Mathewson stepped down as RBS's CEO, handing the reins to his deputy Fred Goodwin, who assumed responsibility for integrating NatWest.

Mathewson became deputy chairman in 2000 and chairman in 2001.

2006

He stood down in 2006.