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Media reports suggested a search for McEwan's successor had
intensified after RBS agreed a long-awaited $4.9 billion
settlement with U.S. authorities on Thursday, clearing the way
for re-privatization and dividend payments.
After more than five years as CEO of RBS, which is now far
nearer to normality after a 45.5 billion pound ($62 billion)
state bailout in 2008, the 60-year-old regularly faces questions
about his departure.
"Job's not done yet. I've got a plan through to 2020," he said
on LBC Radio on Friday, adding that he wants to see RBS returned
to private ownership.
"I'd like to be around a little longer," he said when asked
whether he would stick around for at least two years.
McEwan also said RBS could shut more branches in England and
Wales. It has already announced the closure of 162 branches and
792 job cuts earlier this month as part of a plan B instigated
after it failed to sell its Williams & Glyn brand.
McEwan said under this plan to stimulate competition, which it
agreed with the government and European Union, regulators would
see it transfer around 120,000 small business customers to
rivals, a process expected to complete by the end of the year
and could prompt further closures.
"We'll have to wait until the end of the year to see what...
footfall disappears when we move these customers out," he said
in response to a question on the size of any potential cuts.
(Reporting by Emma Rumney, editing by Huw Jones and Alexander
Smith)
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