Alessandro Profumo, chairman of troubled Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI), said on Saturday he would decide whether to step down in January.
“These are decisions one takes in cold blood and in the right place, I have nothing to say,” Profumo told a shareholder meeting.
He said a board meeting of the bank was scheduled to be held in January and he would take his decision then.
Speculation has been mounting that Profumo might quit because of a clash with the bank’s top investor over the timing of a vital capital increase.
REUTERS
