RBS audit chairman Hunter to step down

RBS audit committee chairman Archie Hunter is stepping down.

The former KPMG Scottish senior partner will quit the role at RBS' AGM in April after six years in the role.

A search for his replacement is "well advanced", said the bank.

Chairman Philip Hampton, praised Hunter for his loyal service.

Hunter was ICAS president in 1997/1998.

He is currently chairman of Macfarlane Group plc, a director of Edinburgh US Tracker Trust and a governor of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research.

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