{"slug": "natwest-boss-paul-thwaite-becomes-latest-bank-chief-to-admit-that-some-jobs-in", "title": "NatWest boss Paul Thwaite becomes latest bank chief to admit that some jobs in the industry will be taken by AI", "summary": "NatWest CEO Paul Thwaite admitted that artificial intelligence will replace some banking jobs, joining other bank chiefs like Standard Chartered's Bill Winters and HSBC's Georges Elhedery in acknowledging AI's impact on the workforce. Thwaite said the lender's 60,000-strong workforce will 'definitely change' over the next decade, with roles increasingly shifting to software and AI-related positions.", "body_md": "# NatWest boss Paul Thwaite becomes latest bank chief to admit that some jobs in the industry will be taken by AI\n\n**See more This is Money on Google -**[save us as a Preferred Source](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=thisismoney.co.uk)\n\nNatWest boss Paul Thwaite has become the latest banking chief to admit that artificial intelligence (AI) will take over some jobs in the sector.\n\nThwaite said he did not know whether the lender’s 60,000-strong workforce would shrink over the next decade but said it ‘is definitely going to change’.\n\nThe bank already employs increasing numbers of people in software and AI-related roles.\n\nAnd Thwaite told a business summit hosted by The Times: ‘In effect there will be roles that currently exist that absolutely to all intents and purposes [will be] delivered by AI.’\n\nThe comments follow a series of warnings from other bank chiefs about the impact of new technology – most infamously in the case of Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters.\n\nLast month, Winters had to apologise after he described staff facing the axe as[ ‘lower value human capital’ ](/money/markets/article-15841745/Standard-Chartered-chief-sorry-upset-caused-AI-comment.html)– as the bank announced 8,000 roles would be replaced with AI.\n\nNatwest boss Paul Thwaite has said some banking jobs will be replaced by AI\n\nMeanwhile, HSBC boss Georges Elhedery has said that AI ‘will destroy certain jobs and create new jobs’.\n\nAnd John Waldron, chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs, recently described the bank’s back-office jobs as ‘a human assembly line’ that will ‘become more digitised’.\n\nAnalysts at Morgan Stanley predict that more than 200,000 banking jobs across Europe are under threat from AI in the next five years.\n\nHowever, Sam Altman – boss of ChatGPT maker OpenAI – has rowed back on the pessimism.\n\nHe backtracked last month on his previous warnings about AI, saying he does not believe it will [lead to a global ‘jobs apocalypse’.](/money/markets/article-15850253/I-wrong-artificial-intelligence-jobs-apocalypse-says-Open-AI-boss-Sam-Altman.html)\n\n## DIY INVESTING PLATFORMS\n\nAffiliate links: If you take out a product This is Money may earn a commission. These deals are chosen by our editorial team, as we think they are worth highlighting. This does not affect our editorial independence.\n\n[Compare the best investing account for you](https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/diyinvesting/article-1718291/Pick-best-cheapest-investment-Isa-platform.html?ico=tim-affiliate_desktop_bottom-link-click)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natwest-boss-paul-thwaite-becomes-latest-bank-chief-to-admit-that-some-jobs-in", "canonical_source": "https://www.dailymail.com/money/markets/article-15910595/NatWest-boss-Paul-Thwaite-latest-bank-chief-admit-jobs-industry-taken-AI.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490", "published_at": "2026-06-18 10:59:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-18 11:32:28.429029+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["NatWest", "Paul Thwaite", "Standard Chartered", "Bill Winters", "HSBC", "Georges Elhedery", "Goldman Sachs", "OpenAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natwest-boss-paul-thwaite-becomes-latest-bank-chief-to-admit-that-some-jobs-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natwest-boss-paul-thwaite-becomes-latest-bank-chief-to-admit-that-some-jobs-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natwest-boss-paul-thwaite-becomes-latest-bank-chief-to-admit-that-some-jobs-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natwest-boss-paul-thwaite-becomes-latest-bank-chief-to-admit-that-some-jobs-in.jsonld"}}