SHAWBROOK BANK LIMITED - Key Persons
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- Senior Relationship Director - South East
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- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
Andrew has extensive financial services experience. He is a qualified accountant, having enjoyed a successful career at KPMG LLP, becoming a partner in 1990, and subsequently as Group Finance Director of the international Rothschild investment banking group.
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- Relationship Director - South East
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- Chief Product Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Arthur joined Shawbrook in the newly created role of Chief Product Officer in February 2022. Arthur brings more than 15 years' product and leadership expertise to Shawbrook, having previously worked across a breadth of leading organisations including fast growth payment card specialist Curve, top-tier consultancies including fintech-focused 11:FS and most recently Advent International where he led the digital product and engineering team.
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- Member of the Board
- Non - Executive Director
Cedric has close to 20 years of private equity experience, having led a number of investments in a variety of sectors across Europe. He holds a degree from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
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- Relationship Manager - South East
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- Senior Relationship Director
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- Sales Support Manager - Marine & Aviation
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- Relationship Director - South East
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- General Counsel
- Member of the Executive Committee
Daniel qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and worked in commercial private practice in the City for nine years, first with Linklaters LLP then Macfarlanes LLP. In 2004, he became the first in-house lawyer for Commercial First Mortgages Limited, joining its Board as Legal Director a year later. Daniel transferred to Shawbrook in 2011, as part of the Commercial First management team.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief People & Marketing Officer
Debbie joined Shawbrook as Chief People Officer in May 2016 from SocGen where she was for 5 years; latterly in the position of Head of HR for EMEA. Prior to SocGen Debbie spent time at a number of Financial Institutions including Rabobank, Commerzbank and JP Morgan. She started her career with ICI in the North East.
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- Relationship Director - South West & South Wales
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Dylan joined Shawbrook in 2013 from KPMG where he spent 11 years in their Financial Services practice advising large UK and European banks. Dylan was appointed permanent CFO in February 2017 having been interim CFO from June 2016. He is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds a dual BA Honours degree in German and Business Studies from Sheffield.
Job Titles:
- New Business Analyst - Origination and Execution
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- Chief Risk Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Prior to joining Shawbrook, Hugh worked in various Credit and Risk roles at GE Capital, the finance arm of General Electric Inc. He joined GE in 2003 and held the following notable roles: Chief Risk Officer for the Factoring and ABL Platforms in Europe; Chief Credit Officer of GE Capital UK; Head of Enterprise Risk; and, most recently, Chief Risk Officer of GE Capital UK.
Job Titles:
- Director - Wholesale & Funds Finance
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- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
Janet has comprehensive experience in financial services, with a passion for value-based proposition design and excellence in customer delivery. Most recently, she served as a Non-Executive Director of Vanquis Bank Limited, where she chaired the Compliance Committee before assuming the role of Remuneration Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director. She has also previously held Managing Director roles at the AA Group, RSA Group Plc and Rias Plc (a subsidiary of Aegeas).
Job Titles:
- Senior Development Manager - Marine
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- Head of Financial Sponsors
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- Relationship Director - North West & Midlands
John was appointed to the Board as Chairman in March 2018. John brings extensive financial services experience to the Board, gained through both his Executive and Non-Executive careers.
John has previously served as Non-Executive Director of Aldermore Group plc, Non-Executive Director of Motability Operations plc, Non-Executive Chair of ANZ Bank Europe Ltd for a 10-year term retiring in 2019 and Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of FCE Bank plc retiring in 2020. John also sat on the Regulatory Decisions Committee for the Financial Conduct Authority for 6 years finishing his two statutory terms in January.
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- Senior Relationship Director - South West & Wales
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- Senior Director - Wholesale & Funds Finance
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- Relationship Director - North East
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- Senior Relationship Director - South East
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- Sales Support Coordinator - Marine
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- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
Lan has deep Financial Services knowledge having held Executive and Non-Executive roles across the sector, including CEO of Virgin Money Investments. Lan started her career in consulting. She has extensive experience in strategy, change management, customer experience, digital and data. Lan currently sits on the Boards of WNS (Holdings) Ltd and King's College University and is a champion for mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Non - Executive Director
Lindsey has been a private equity investor for 25 years with a particular focus on the financial services sector. She has a First-Class Honours degree in Accounting and Finance and studied for an MPhil in Finance from Strathclyde University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Marcelino joined Shawbrook as CEO in June 2021. He brings a wealth of experience in financial services, most recently he was Managing Director, Customer Engagement & Distribution at Natwest Group where he led 9,000 employees through an ambitious transformation programme. Prior to that he held senior roles at RBS and Santander leading Commercial Banking franchises. He started his career at The Boston Consulting Group working across a number of industries and countries. Marcelino holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, MS Industrial Engineering (ETSII, Madrid) and a Bachelor in Physics (U. Complutense, Madrid).
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- Relationship Director - East Anglia & East Midlands
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- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
Michele has comprehensive experience in operations, transformation, IT and distribution leadership, with focus on the customer. She has operated across blue chip, mid-scale and start-up entities, including Private Equity backed banks. Most recently Michele held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Allica Limited.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of Enterprise
Neil joined Shawbrook Bank in September 2017, taking on the Managing Director, Business Finance role in August 2018 and Head of Enterprise in 2021. Neil has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry with NatWest Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander Global Banking & Markets. Since 2003 Neil has held Managing Director level positions across client coverage, sector coverage, real estate finance, structured finance, interest rate derivative and FX sales. In addition, Neil is a Trustee of a social inclusion charity, School of Hard Knocks, and a Non-Executive Director of a Registered Social Landlord, Moat Homes Limited.
Job Titles:
- Relationship Director - South East
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
Paul has considerable experience in financial services having had a successful career within HSBC Group. Paul has particular strengths in managing risk and internal audit across a number of business lines and previously served as a member on the IIA Committee for Internal Audit Guidance for Financial Services.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Managing Director, Consumer
Paul has worked in consumer financial services for over 15 years, joining Shawbrook in February 2015 from Secure Trust Bank. Paul has held a number of senior roles across product and strategy before becoming Managing Director in October 2018. Paul is passionate about utilising technology and data to build transparent lending products.
Job Titles:
- Senior Business Development Manager - Professions Finance
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- Relationship Director - South East
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- Relationship Director - South West, South Wales & Midlands
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- Chief Technology Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Russ joined Shawbrook as CTO in November 2018. Russ has held a number of high-profile technology leadership roles over his 28 year career, most recently as CTO of the global fintech payments company WorldRemit, and previously as Chief Digital Officer (Interim) for Aegon UK, IT Strategy Director for Legal & General, and CTO for Cofunds. Russ has also been involved in starting up, and selling on, two technology led companies.
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- Development Manager - Marine & Aviation
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- Sales Support Coordinator
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- Relationship Director - South East
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Customer Operations and Service Support Director
Sue joined Shawbrook in June 2017 as Commercial Director for Business Finance and took on her current role as Customer Operations and Service Support Director for the Enterprise business in February 2023. Sue has 39 years experience in the financial services industry largely with NatWest Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland where since 2007 she held divisional COO positions. Prior to joining Shawbrook she also worked as an independent consultant for a five year period, working with clients to build complex transformational programmes and deliver change leadership initiatives.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Development Finance
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- Head of Speciality Finance