Fair dues

Keir Macintosh may be contacted on tel: +44 (0) 20 7213 0772; email: macintosh@sheffieldhaworth.com. Sheffield Haworth is a leading global financial services executive search firm with offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Dubai, Delhi and Mumbai

Did Sir David Walker go far enough in expecting banks to reveal how many staff earn more than £1m? “In the public perception, he could never demand too much,” Keir Macintosh, Director responsible for Compliance hires at headhunters Sheffield Haworth, believes, “but there is a serious personal privacy issue here. Naming individuals might carry physical risk.” Think vandalism to Fred Goodwin’s home.