Meet our Board

I was appointed Chair of the Board in August 2024 having joined the Board of Directors on 1 May 2021 as a Non-Executive Director. I have also been Chair of Nexa Finance Ltd since January 2022. Alongside my roles at the Melton, I am Chair of the NHS Business Services Authority and Chair of the Advisory Board of Queens University Business School, Belfast.

My earlier career in Financial Services spanned almost 40 years working in SME, Corporate and Retail banking leadership including Managing Director of Santander Business in the UK. I have been involved in transformational fintech projects and the successful delivery of new operating models, systems and culture. I am also a speaker and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion.

I live in Yorkshire and am married with 2 daughters.

I was appointed to the Board of Directors on 1 July 2022 and am Chair of the Risk Committee. I was appointed to the Board of Directors of Nexa Finance on 6 October 2022. Alongside my Non-Executive role at the Melton, I sit on the Board of Directors of Cambridge & Counties Bank. I also volunteer as an external expert member of the Audit and Risk Committee for Samaritans and am a qualified executive coach and therapeutic counsellor.

I joined the Melton Board after 25 years in banking as a risk management specialist, spending 15+ years covering corporates and financial institutions at Deutsche Bank in the UK before holding a number of senior and executive risk roles in commercial, retail and private banking at RBS/ NatWest in the subsequent decade.

I am married with two adult children and a rescued Belgian shepherd dog and live in Surrey.

I am a Chartered Accountant and trained with Price Waterhouse. I have over 30 years' experience in financial services and retired from my most recent role as Group CFO of Provident Financial Group PLC in March 2020.

Before that, I was Group CFO of Just Group PLC, a FTSE 250 financial services Company, for approximately 12 years. I also spent 10 years at Nationwide, where I started working in the financial systems area and ultimately became their Group Financial Controller.

I also sit on the Board, am the Senior Independent Director of, and Chair the Audit Committee at National Deposit Friendly Society Limited.

I am married with one son and live in Surrey.

I was appointed to the Board of Directors on 1st June 2024.

I am an experienced non-executive director, having completed a 9 year term with The Marsden Building Society where I was Senior Independent Director, and Chair of Board Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and as a non-executive director of The Ombudsman Services Limited and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

I am currently Chair of the Board at Connexus Homes Limited, and a non-executive director and shareholder representative for the Cambridgeshire County Pension Fund on the board of Cambridge and Counties Bank Limited.

My executive career included board roles with Wedgwood, Princes Foods, Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd and Liverpool John Moores University.

I was appointed to the Board of Directors and Nexa Finance Limited on 1st January 2025.

I am a member of Risk Committee and the Remuneration & Nominations Committees.

This is my first Non-Executive Director role following over 40 years working in the Financial Services sector.

I’ve enjoyed Senior Executive roles with a number of organisations, including National Australia Group and as a Managing Director at Barclays Bank. My last Executive position was as a Chief Customer Officer at a Building Society.

I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, hold a Financial Studies Diploma and I have a Lombard MBA.

I am married with 2 children and live in Lancashire.

I was appointed to the Board of Directors and Nexa Finance Limited on 1st March 2025 and I am a member of the Society’s Audit Committee.

I have had a long and successful career in financial services bringing valuable experience from my sixteen years within the Building Society Sector having held the positions of Group Finance and Operations Director at West Bromwich Building Society and Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director at Nottingham Building Society. I have also held the positions of Chief Financial Officer at Redwood Bank, Finance Director and Joint Managing Director at Al Rayan (formerly Islamic Bank of Britain) and Director of Finance at Santander (formerly Alliance & Leicester).

During this period I was responsible for a wide range of areas: strategy (including acquisition and mergers), operations, customer service, change management, IT, branch network, risk, finance and treasury. I have also led and delivered on long term wholesale funding programmes and capital raising initiatives.

I currently Chair the Risk Committees at both Monument Bank and GB Bank.

In my spare time I enjoy travelling, football and providing support to a charity engaged in Malawi.

I joined the Society in June 2020 as Chief Executive and I have worked in financial services for over 30 years. Previously I was Chief Operating Officer for the Nottingham Building Society for almost eight years. I have held a number of senior roles at Lloyds and Barclays and was a Regional Director for Lloyds Banking Group before joining the Building Society Sector.

I am an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, I hold an MBA and am an alumnus in Advanced Strategic Management from Kellogg North-Western Business School in Chicago.

I joined the Society in July 2021 as Chief Financial Officer. I am a chartered accountant and started my career with PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving into the mutual sector. I have over 20 years' experience in financial services and have held a number of senior finance positions within the building society sector.

I Chair the Society's Assets & Liabilities Committee and have responsibility for the Finance and Treasury functions along with the Group's Nexa subsidiary.

I am married with one daughter and live in Leicestershire.