Fred Goodwin

Frederick Anderson "Fred" Goodwin, FRSE FCIBS (born 17 August 1958) is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.

From 2000 to 2008 he presided over RBS's rapid rise to global prominence as the world's largest company by assets (£1.9 trillion), and fifth-largest bank by stock market value and its even more rapid fall as RBS was forced into effective nationalisation in 2008. On 11 October 2008, Goodwin officially announced his resignation as chief executive and an early retirement, effective from 31 January 2009 – a month before RBS announced that its 2008 loss totalled £24.1 billion, the largest annual loss in UK corporate history.

From January 2010 he was employed as a senior adviser to RMJM, an international architecture firm. He left the position after less than a year.

Goodwin's knighthood, awarded in 2004 for "services to banking", was annulled on 1 February 2012.

Fred Goodwin (cricketer)

Fred Goodwin (born 28 June 1933) is a former English cricketer active from 1954 to 1956 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Heywood, Lancashire. He appeared in 11 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast medium pace. He scored 47 runs with a highest score of 21* and held seven catches. He took 27 wickets with a best analysis of five for 35.

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Fred Goodwin (footballer)

Fred Goodwin was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward. He joined Football League First Division side Burnley in November 1906. He played his only league match for the club on 8 December 1906 in the 1–2 defeat against Stockport County at Edgeley Park. It was the only match of the 1906–07 season that regular outside-left Albert Smith missed, as Goodwin was unable to replace him in the starting line-up.

He left Burnley in 1906 to play for Leek. There was a dispute with Burnley over his transfer fee. Between 1907 and 1910, Goodwin turned out for both Congleton Town and Macclesfield Town. In April 1911, he was working as a silk and cotton carrier whilst living in Leek. In May 1911, he was transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion from Burnley. In April 1912, Goodwin was involved in an incident during Brighton's game against Luton Town, which led to the death of Luton's Sam Wightman. A late challenge caught Wightman in the stomach and he died from peritonitis and shock, following a rupture to his small intestine. Goodwin was exonerated from all blame following the coroner's recommendation, who stated "that the kick was done purely accidentally".