Credit Suisse chairman resigns after company probe

Credit Suisse chairman resigns after company probe

From bbc.com

The chairman of global banking giant Credit Suisse, Antonio Horta-Osorio, has resigned with immediate effect after an internal company probe. He was reportedly found to have broken the UK's Covid-19 quarantine rules. The former boss of Lloyds Banking Group joined Credit Suisse after a series of scandals at the Swiss bank. Now, Mr Horta-Osorio, who was the chairman of Credit Suisse for less than a year, has been replaced by board member Axel Lehmann. "I regret that a number of my personal actions have led to difficulties for the bank and compromised my ability to represent the bank internally and ... (full story)

After rescuing a few banks, this man broke the Covid-19 quarantine rules which is presumably much more serious.

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