Dick Fuld, chief executive of failed Lehman Brothers, and regulators face a testing congressional hearing into the bank's collapse next month after a report found a dubious accounting procedure helped the bank conceal the extent of its financial distress.
Mr Fuld has kept out of the public eye since a dramatic congressional hearing in 2008 where his grim expression, the pink placards of protesters and haranguing by lawmakers provided iconic images of the financial crisis.
He now faces another interrogation by lawmakers along with Tim Geithner, Treasury secretary, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Chris Cox, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.