The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which is 83%-owned by the UK government, has been awarded a pay package worth £7.7m for 2010. Stephen Hester's remuneration includes £6.5 million worth of shares that will not be available for three years, and 66 per cent of these are pegged to meeting management targets. The package includes his £1.2m salary, which has stayed the same since he replaced Sir Fred Goodwin in 2008.