ABN Amro

Director of football: Rijkman Groenink
Age: 57
Appointed: 2000
Value added: 10.3% pa (14th)
Chop rating: 4/5

Groenink’s strategy in investment banking seems to be taken from the lyrics of the hokey-cokey – in, out, in, out, shake it all about. Will it lead to him being shaken out?

Head coaches: Piero Overmars (Age: 42, appointed: 2004); Wilco Jiskoot (56, 2001)

Star players:
Gary Page, who runs global markets; Alexandra Cook, who looks after global clients, which is M&A, ECM and relationship banking coverage

Rising star: Niall Cameron runs traded markets within the global markets division and is ultimately responsible for the bank’s new-found strength in structured credit
                                                                                                              *Update: Niall Cameron

Weakest link: ABN Amro has always suffered from a relatively small domestic base from which to source clients.