Speaking to the BBC's Kamal Ahmed, Mr McEwan explained the new direction for the bank amid a difficult atmosphere for banking generally.
But in the past few years with the rise of racist attitudes and with such a difficult atmosphere in the NHS (low morale, our training suffering, dissatisfied patients sometimes becoming aggressive) I may well decide with my partner to join my many British colleagues already in Australia, feeling valued as professionals and loving it.
"It was a very tense, difficult atmosphere," the manager said.
"In the draw we face one of the hosts, Ukraine, which will be a difficult atmosphere to replicate, but looking at the styles of France and Sweden I feel these games are a good preparation for us".
"They had results that were quite satisfactory in the face of an extraordinarily difficult atmosphere".
A member of the Iranian delegation has accused negotiators from the so-called P5+1 group – the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany – of creating a "difficult atmosphere".
The committee concludes: "This is a very difficult atmosphere in which to work towards a sustainable economic future for the community on Sark.
The committee's report concludes: "This is a very difficult atmosphere in which to work towards a sustainable economic future for the community on Sark.
He took the bold, and possibly foolish, decision after the 1-0 win over Hull City on 27 October to chide the White Hart Lane crowd for how they had created a "very tense, difficult atmosphere".
"What Mada Masr tries to do is not only survive in this very difficult atmosphere but to survive while respecting its mission to report the news and provide a historical record of this particular stage in our country's history.
The manager had appeared to lose the support of the Tottenham crowd as well, perhaps a legacy of his claim in the way of the 1-0 win over Hull City on 27 October that White Hart Lane offered a "very tense, difficult atmosphere".
