prodigal son

prodigal son : formerly rebellious son who has returned submissive and repentant (from a parable in the New Testament) ; 回頭的浪子; 悔改之罪人

THE long road home for Australia's largest lender has come to be personified by its chief of Australian operations — a prodigal son whose return has been met by great reward, and a heavy burden.

Lebanese-born Ahmed Fahour, who migrated to Australia at the age of three and went on to become a senior Wall Street strategist for Citigroup New York, left as head of Citigroup's Australasian operations to lead a renewal at National Australia Bank.

[ Investors to weigh worth of NAB's prodigal son ]