CASTLE TRUST BANK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- General Counsel
- Member of the Executive Management Team
Andrew joined Castle Trust Bank in January 2015, having previously held the role of Head of Legal at Europe Arab Bank where he was responsible for the Legal Operations of the Arab Bank group throughout Europe. Prior to this, he had worked in private practice at the law firms Slaughter and May and Sidley Austin where he had advised clients worldwide on a wide variety of banking and financial services matters. Andrew is a Solicitor with a Jurisprudence degree from Oxford University.
Anna Lewis - Chief Commercial Officer
Job Titles:
- Regional Account Manager ( South West & Midlands )
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Managing Director ( Property )
Barry joined Castle Trust Bank in May 2014, having previously been a Founding Director of Portillion, a start-up mortgage and savings bank, which closed in 2012, then Chief Operating Officer of Legal & General's Mortgage division until December 2013. Barry was Operations Director at Private Label Mortgage Services, the UK's largest independent mortgage packager when bought by GMAC RFC in 2000. He became Marketing Director, then Chief Operating Officer in 2003. From start-up in 2000, GMAC RFC was the tenth largest UK mortgage lender in 2006.
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Team
Caroline joined Castle Trust Bank in 2016. She has spent over 20 years working in regulated financial services firms, including 8 years at Barclays, both in retail and private banking. In addition to her extensive experience in Compliance, she is also Castle Trust Bank's Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Data Protection Officer. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, a Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance and is a Fellow of the International Compliance Association.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager
Job Titles:
- Chief People Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Team
Helen joined Castle Trust Bank in September 2020 to shape the people strategy for the next stage of the Bank's journey. She has over 25 years' experience working in HR, most recently as the Chief People Officer at Amigo Loans prior to which she was HR Director at the AA. Helen has held senior HR and Change roles at British American Tobacco, Alldays Convenience Stores and B&Q. She has a postgraduate degree accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development from Solent University.
Jon Higgs - Chief Risk Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Risk Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Team
Jon joined Castle Trust Bank in May 2016, having previously worked at the Bank of England where he performed a range of deposit-taker supervisory roles before leading the Bank of England's project to implement the European legislation, CRD IV in the UK. His previous roles have been in credit risk at the FSA and Barclays Bank. Jon holds the Professional Risk Manager qualification and has a Masters in Financial Risk Management from the ICMA centre at Henley Business School.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Team
Martin joined Castle Trust Bank as Chief Executive Officer in April 2018. With a background in the retail banking sector, he brings a wealth of experience. Previous roles include Managing Director Retail Distribution at Santander, as well as director roles within the Royal Bank of Scotland Group both in the UK and USA. Over the years, he has led transformational change programmes across all channels. Martin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Chief Technology and Operations Officer
Nick joined Castle Trust Bank in March 2021, having previously held senior leadership roles at Tandem Bank and Santander. At Tandem, he was COO with oversight of Operations, IT, Information Security and Supplier Partnerships, leading on creating strategy and plans that supported Tandem's growth. At Santander, he was Director of Change Management, then COO of its SME and Corporate Bank, where he was in charge of the bank's significant investment in both its technology and operations as part of a rapid growth in its franchise. Previously, Nick worked in management consulting for both Accenture and EY. He holds an MA from the University of Oxford and an Executive MBA from IE Business School.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Team
Paul joined Castle Trust Bank in May 2018 and was appointed to the Board in May 2019. He held roles within Barclays Bank over the previous ten years, most recently as Managing Director, Business Planning and Analytics for Barclays Group Financial Control, and before that as Finance Director, Barclays Investment Bank - Markets. Prior to this, Paul was a senior finance manager at Santander, having trained at Deloitte.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Managing Director, Omni
Phil was promoted to Managing Director, Omni, in August 2022, having joined Castle Trust Bank in October 2017 as Commercial Development Director. He has over 20 years' experience in financial services and telecoms. Previous roles include Head of Commercial Development at NewDay, and Global Director of M-Commerce Wallet Services at Telefonica. Phil holds a BSc in Business Management.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager ( South East & East Anglia )
Job Titles:
- Regional Account Manager ( Central London )