Experience

COMPARE THE MARKET LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

  • Nov 2021 - Present



RBS

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• COO Natwest Holdings Risk Function

  • Oct 2019 - Sep 2021

• Chief of Staff to CEO RBS Group

  • Mar 2017 - Oct 2019

• Interim head of Group Strategy & Corporate Development

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2018

• Managing Director, Head of Deal Execution, Legacy Assets, Capital Resolution

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  Remit included final RCR assets and other RBS legacy assets, including cross-border, regulatory and other highly challenging issues, including off-balance sheet items.

• Managing Director, Head of Special Situations, RBS Capital Resolution

  • Dec 2013 - Dec 2015

  Appointed to set up the Special Situations team to focus on the £multi bn portfolio of corporate, international, structured and equity assets across the RCR corporate book that present the greatest divestment challenges. Staff: <20

• Managing Director, Solutions Team, Non Core Division

  • May 2011 - Dec 2013

  Non-Core Division was set up to manage the exit of over £multi bn of funded assets, rebalancing the Group, reducing risk, leverage and business stretch. Appointed to bring rigour and credibility to the Solutions team, which comprised diverse, specialist skills required to address some of the most complex transactions/disposals within Non-Core.

• Executive Director, Group Strategy and Corporate Finance

  • Apr 2010 - May 2011

  Appointed initially to provide support to divestment of Challenger Bank Williams & Glyn.

• Executive Director, APS Scheme Design

  • Feb 2009 - Mar 2010

  APS was the HM Treasury ‘insurance’ provision for the bank’s toxic loans, designed to protect the financial markets and drive lending to encourage economic growth. The scheme admission and other rules required extensive, time-pressured planning and discussion within RBS and negotiation with the Treasury.Appointed at a critical time to bring structuring experience and chartered accountant credentials.

• Financial Structuring Group

  • 2003 - 2009



Royal Bank of Scotland

• London

• Chief Of Staff to CEO

  • Mar 2017 - Oct 2019



Ernst & Young

• Capital Markets Group

  • 2002 - 2003



Arthur Andersen

• Corporate Tax adviser

  • 1997 - 2003