Kingman

Mr Kingman's assurance may stem from his father, although the two are said to have cool relations.

Dennis Stevenson, HBOS chairman, says Mr Kingman is unusual in that he is prepared to take risks.

To his admirers, Mr Kingman has the right mix of toughness and intellectual rigour to manage these potentially contradictory goals.

WHEN marine ecologist Enric Sala first set eyes on Kingman Reef, a remote spot in the Pacific, his heart started to beat like a drum.

Kingman Reef is part of a chain of Pacific atolls and islands (called the Line Islands) that straddles the Equator south of Hawaii.

The injured were taken to hospitals in Kingman, Arizona, and Las Vegas, in neighboring Nevada, where one passenger subsequently died.

Mr Kingman was there at the start of the banking crisis, playing an important role in shoring up Northern Rock.

Mr Kingman was born in 1969 into a distinguished academic family.

Mr Kingman was also closely involved in the ground-breaking bank recapitalisation.

Mr Kingman's performance was described by committee members as "dozy" and "discourteous" .

The many birds on Kingman should now thrive, benefiting from valuable fishing grounds.

A diver in 2007 inspects a giant coral colony on Kingman Reef, found in one of three new U.

But Mr Kingman insists he is not there to manage the banks and will never use his clout to encourage the banks to act uncommercially.

Joe "The King" Kingman: Im not qualified for this!

Mr Kingman is the ultimate civil servant.

At one point in the Northern Rock saga, Mr Kingman reported that the situation looked bad.