Sideways: The Jamie Dimon ex-deputies club

If JPMorgan CFO Marianne Lake becomes the banker most likely to succeed Jamie Dimon as chief executive before mysteriously deciding to pursue interests outside the group, she will be in good company.

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Two of the three most recent holders of this title are now chief executives of big banks, while the third may be plotting a return to a high-profile position from the shadows of a private equity partnership.

Bill Winters, the former co-head of investment banking at JPMorgan, was with the firm well before Dimon was installed as chief executive; the two had an uneasy relationship. Although Winters is American, he insisted on remaining based in London and appears to have tried to make any move to New York conditional on a commitment that he would succeed Dimon.

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