{"id":30596,"date":"2013-01-25T16:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=30596"},"modified":"2013-01-25T17:01:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T15:01:59","slug":"michael-jordaan-leaving-fnb-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/30596\/michael-jordaan-leaving-fnb-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordaan leaving FNB: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"FNB\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1730-FNB-First-National-Bank\">FNB<\/a> CEO, <a title=\"Michael Jordaan\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2582-Michael-Jordaan\">Michael Jordaan<\/a> is planning to step down from the bank at the end of 2013, according to a Moneyweb report.<\/p>\n<p>The news has been confirmed by two sources close to the bank, according to Moneyweb, though it remains unclear whether Jordaan has officially resigned or not.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1711-Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>, the FNB CEO neither confirmed nor denied the report, simply stating &#8220;Speculative&#8221;, before taking off on a plane.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30597\" style=\"width: 577px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MJ-resigning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30597\" title=\"MJ resigning\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MJ-resigning.png\" alt=\"Michael Jordaan response\" width=\"567\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MJ-resigning.png 567w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MJ-resigning-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jordaan&#8217;s response<\/p><\/div>\n<p>FNB was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Moneyweb report, two analysts which the news publications spoke to said they had not received official news on a possible departure, but that the news wouldn\u2019t be surprising, as Jordaan had stated before that he would like to get involved in other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Jordaan has been FNB&#8217;s CEO since 2004 after heading the customer solutions division for <a title=\"FirstRand\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/4813-First-Rand\">FirstRand<\/a>. 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