NatWest Group

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Registration as it was on 03 Apr 2018
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

750,000€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.25 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

11

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    The Royal Bank of Scotland   (RBS)

    EU Transparency Register

    483974815034-52 First registered on 27 Nov 2014

    Goals / Remit

    RBS is a UK-based banking and financial services company. Headquartered in Edinburgh, RBS currently operates in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Asia, serving over 24 million customers worldwide.

    RBS provides a wide range of products and services to personal, commercial and large corporate and institutional customers through its two main subsidiaries, The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, as well as through a number of other brands including Ulster Bank and Coutts.

    Main EU files targeted

    The main EU initiatives that RBS follows include: Brexit, Capital Markets Union, Banking Union, Bank Structural Reform (BSR), Capital Requirements Regulation and Directive (CRR/CRD IV), Directive on Payment Services (PSD II), Regulation on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (MIF), Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/MiFIR), European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), Payment Accounts Directive (PAD).

    Address

    Head Office
    St Andrew Square, 36
    Edinburgh EH2 2YB
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%1
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Apr 2018

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Roderick MACNEIL 15 Sep 2018 14 Sep 2019
    Mr Macneil ROD 17 Jan 2018 01 Mar 2018
    Mr Leigh RENDERS 08 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018
    Mr Anthony NORRIS 08 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018
    Mr Robert KELLY 08 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Leigh Renders (Head of EU Public Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Alex Dawtrey (Head of Public Affairs)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Corporate members of trade associations such as: the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, British Bankers’ Association, CityUK, Confederation of British Industry, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the International Capital Markets Association.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    750,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    Initiatives that cover EU financial services

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    11 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 09 Dec 2022 Location Dublin, Ireland
      Subject Ulster Bank Ireland Limited withdrawal from Ireland
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Paul Moley (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Oct 2021 Location WEBEX
      Subject NGEU
      DG Budget
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 23 Sep 2021 Location video conference
      Subject Economic recovery; Situation of the EU financial sector; sustainable finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 10 Mar 2021 Location Video Conferencing.
      Subject Ulster Bank - Irish banking sector, impact of COVID and the recovery, NPLs
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Deirdre O’Hea (Cabinet member)
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
    • Date 30 Sep 2020 Location Webex call
      Subject SURE instrument and resultant bond issuance programme
      DG Budget
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Future of EU Financial services
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Feb 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Challenges posed by cyber for the RBS
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Julian King (Commissioner)
    • Date 09 Dec 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Ulster Bank-Capital Markest Union/Securitisation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Jul 2015 Location London
      Subject Financial Services Policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Capital markets union and investment initiative
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial Services Policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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