VANQUIS BANKING GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief of Staff
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Senior Independent Non - Executive Director
Angela has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining the Board, Angela was CEO at Energy UK, British Bankers Association (BBA, now UK Finance) and APCIMS (now Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association). She was previously a Member of Parliament and Treasury Minister between 1992 and 1997 and was the Chairman of the Office of Tax Simplification from December 2015 to March 2019. Previously Angela was also a Non-Executive Director at Taylor Wimpey plc and Senior Independent Director at TP ICAP plc.
Job Titles:
- Chief Internal Auditor
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Disclosure Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Our CFO
Dave is a highly experienced banking CFO who worked for HSBC for nearly 30 years in a variety of roles at global, regional and country level. He notably established the finance function for the UK ringfence bank of HSBC and was subsequently the UK CFO and an Executive Director of HSBC UK Bank plc from 2017 - 2021. Most recently, Dave served as CFO and Executive Director of HSBC Bank plc, which managed HSBC's business in Europe (ex UK). Between 2015 and 2018, he was the CFO of HSBC Bank plc. Dave's prior roles were outside of personal banking and wealth, including global CFO roles for Commercial Banking, Global Banking, Operations and Technology. Dave qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and is also a qualified treasurer.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Board Director, Senior Financial Services Executive, Strategist and Marketing Leader
Elizabeth is an experienced board director, senior financial services executive, strategist and marketing leader in the UK and globally. Her previous board experience includes being a Non‑Executive Director at Hastings Group plc, Dollar Financial Group, Hibu plc (formerly Yell Group) and The Home and Savings Bank. Elizabeth served on the board of Western Union International Bank and boards relating to consumer finance joint ventures between Barclaycard and other brands, such as Argos and Thomas Cook. She has extensive executive experience through roles including Chief Marketing Officer at Barclays and Barclaycard, and Chief Strategy, Product and Marketing Officer at Western Union.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- North Star Programme Executive
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- Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Nomination Committee
Graham has held a number of senior executive roles, including responsibility for the Lloyds branch network and as Corporate Responsibility Director. Graham joined the Wonga UK board in 2016 as part of the new leadership team engaged to improve the business and deliver change. Graham sat on the Board of the Institute of Banking & Financial Services and on the Professional Standards Board. He is Senior Independent Director at One Family, a mutual life assurance business.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operations Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Chairman of the Disclosure Committee
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Chief Executive Officer
- Our CEO
Ian is a highly experienced banking CEO. He has a strong track record of delivering growth through improving customer service and enhancing distribution throughout his extensive financial services career in consumer finance, motor finance, savings, SME finance and mortgages.
Ian was the CEO of Bank of Ireland UK from 2019 - 2023. Prior to this, Ian was Managing Director for Home Buying and Ownership at NatWest, and before joining that he was Wealth Management Director at Lloyds Banking Group.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Customer Officer / Executive Committee 's Terms of Reference
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Risk Officer ( Interim )
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Digital, Data and Analytics Officer, Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Snoop
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
Margot served as a Member of Parliament between 2010 and 2019 and has held a number of ministerial offices, latterly as Minister of State for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, where she championed the interests of both industry and consumers in the digital world. In her role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Margot had responsibility for small businesses, consumers and corporate governance, including labour markets and the retail sector.
Melanie Barnett - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- General Counsel
- Member of the Disclosure Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
- General Counsel and Company Secretary / Disclosure Committee
Melanie is a Senior Corporate Lawyer and formerly Head of Corporate, Group Corporate Structuring at HSBC Holdings plc, with two decades of multi-jurisdictional experience across a broad range of transactional and regulatory matters.
Melanie achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Law at Exeter University and LPC Distinction at the University of Law. Her career started at Norton Rose Fulbright in 1988, qualifying as a solicitor in 2000. Over the next eight years, Melanie specilaised in Corporate Finance work, progressing to Of Counsel in 2007.
In 2008, Melanie transitioned to HSBC Holdings as Associate General Counsel in the group Legal Team, prioritising the group's proprietary M&A transactions and general corporate and public markets advice. Melanie progressed to become Head of Corporate, Corporate Structuring in 2013, where she led the Legal Team on the demerger of HSBC Bank plc in the UK to create HSBC's ring-fenced bank in response to the 'Too Big to Fail' regulatory agenda, as well as the legal aspects of HSBC's global recovery and resolution planning, including significant restructuring. Melanie joined Vanquis Banking Group in September 2020.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Independent Non - Executive Director / Group Risk Committee
Michele is a highly experienced finance professional at executive and Board level. She has held senior roles at Virgin Money and MBNA Europe Bank and, prior to that, she worked across various finance functions at Goldman Sachs, Credit Lyonnais and KPMG Dublin. At Virgin Money, Michele was Director of Strategic Development, where she was responsible for establishing a credit card business on a newly built IT platform and was subsequently appointed as the Managing Director of the Virgin Money Digital Bank. Prior to that she was the Chief Financial Officer of MBNA Europe Bank between 2005 and 2013. In 2018 Michele co-founded of Mololo Limited, a boutique advisory company specialising in helping companies in the payments and unsecured lending space.
Job Titles:
- Investor
- Interim Group Head of Investor Relations
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- Human Resources Director
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Chief Financial Officer, Chairman, Non - Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair
Paul is an experienced chief financial officer, chairman, non-executive director and audit committee chair who operates in a number of different sectors. Paul's past non‑executive director roles include chairing the audit committees of Tokio Marine, Kiln, NEST Corporation, Tesco Bank, Collins Stewart Hawkpoint, Charles Taylor Plc and GMT Global Aviation. He began his executive career in finance, working for over 20 years as a finance director of various companies, culminating in becoming Deputy Group Chief Executive and CFO of the Co-operative Group between 2003 and 2007.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Communications Director
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Group Corporate Communications Director
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Leader
- Our Non - Executive Chairman
Following a 30-year career in banking and finance, Peter is an extremely experienced leader, who was knighted in 2020 for his services to International Business, Skills and Inclusion. He qualified as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, where he later became a Partner, before joining Citigroup where he held the role of CFO for the Asia Pacific and, latterly, the Global Corporate & Investment Bank businesses. From 2008 onwards, Peter held senior roles at Barclays plc including Group Financial Controller, CFO of the Retail & Business banking division and acting Group CFO.
In 2013, Peter stood for election as an Alderman for the City of London, a role he still holds today, serving on the Digital Services, Finance and Education Committees. In 2016, he was elected Sheriff of the City and as Lord Mayor in 2018. Since 2019, Peter has pursued a plural career as a Non-Executive Director (NED). He is currently an Independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild & Co and a NED of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE).