Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland are protesting that Sir Philip Hampton has taken a non-executive board position at Anglo American in addition to his full-time role as chairman of RBS. Investors are concerned his new role at the mining group will distract him from steering RBS, which is majority UK state-owned, out of its difficulties. Investors sanctioned an executive-style pay package for Sir Philip of £750,000 salary and £1.5m in options earlier this year on the understanding that the RBS role would be full-time.