Ex-Barclays head Martin Taylor on Lloyds shortlist The appointment of a new Lloyds chairman is likely to follow the identification of a chairman for the 631-branch TSB, which was spun out of the bank earlier this month. Sir Win and Antonio Horta-Osorio, Lloyds chief executive, have been leading the hunt for a TSB chairman and the successful candidate could be announced within weeks. Earlier this month, George Osborne, the Chancellor, authorised the first sale of Lloyds shares since the bank's partial nationalisation. The Government sold a 6pc stake in the bank for £3.2bn through an overnight sale of the shares to institutional investors. Lloyds declined to comment.