The negative reaction to testimony given to the US Congress in November by Brian Moynihan, a leading executive at Bank of America, about the bank’s takeover of Merrill Lynch has led some to count him out of the race for the chief executive’s chair.
Truth is, Moynihan should never have been in the running for the job in the first place.
That is not a reflection of Moynihan’s capabilities. He’s a talented executive with a stellar career within the Bank of America group; he has managed most of the core areas of the bank: wealth management, investment banking and, most recently, the consumer business.
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