NatWest on fast trajectory back to private ownership, boss says

Paul Thwaite says government's exit from its stake in bank could come in first half of 2025 and will be a great moment'

The chief executive of NatWest has said the bailed-out bank is on a fast trajectory to private ownership", with the government likely to fully exit its stake within the first half of 2025.

Paul Thwaite said it would be a symbolic moment for NatWest Group staff and the wider banking sector, allowing the industry to close another chapter of the fallout from the 2008 banking crash.