Market talk with Ian Guider

Bank of Ireland may be looking to Britain for growth, but is Richie Boucher grooming a successor?

Richie Boucher: ready to leave Bank of Ireland after six years?Feargal Ward
Richie Boucher: ready to leave Bank of Ireland after six years?Feargal Ward

Bank of Ireland’s combative chief executive, Richie Boucher, was in flying form in an interview with our colleagues at Bloomberg last week.

Boucher admitted that he took a deliberate decision to become the “lightning rod” for public criticism as the bank got on with the task of repairing itself behind the scenes.

He certainly makes a good pantomime villain, and he will no ...