James Crosby (banker)

James Robert Crosby (born 14 March 1956) is an English banker. He was Deputy Chairman of the Financial Services Authority from January 2004 until he resigned on 11 February 2006. He had previously been the chief executive of Halifax Bank until its merger with Bank of Scotland to form HBOS, of which he was Chief Executive until 2006.[1] On 3 December 2012, Crosby was required to appear before Britain's Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.[2]

Crosby was knighted for services to the financial industry in 2006, but requested that the honour be rescinded in 2013 following the official report into the collapse of HBOS.[3] His request was accepted and his knighthood was formally annulled on 11 June 2013.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Sir James Crosby resigns from FSA". BBC News. BBC. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  2. ^ Financial Times 4 December 2012
  3. ^ Osborne, Alistair (9 April 2013). "Ex-HBOS chief Sir James Crosby gives up knighthood and part of pension". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ^ "No. 60531". The London Gazette. 11 June 2013. p. 11479.
  5. ^ "Ex-HBOS chief James Crosby stripped of knighthood". BBC News. 11 June 2013.