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About Robert Savage
- Robert A.
- Savage (born January 5, 1934) is an ex-president and chief executive of American Express Bank, becoming chairman in 1991.
- He joined American Express in 1965 from Barclays Bank, where he was deputy chief trader of foreign currency.
- He was born in London, and he was among the "Blitz Babies" evacuated from London during The Blitz.
- He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1975. He is also a past member of the Foreign Exchange Committee.
- During the Edmond Safra affair of the 1980s he was part of a management group led by Bob Smith which was close to buying the Trade development Bank and American Express Bank for $600 million.
- The bank's largest clients had been approached, and they were convinced they could swing a deal.
- Confidence was so high even a press release was being written up in anticipation of an announcement until then Chairman Jim Robinson inexplicably changed his mind.
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