Henry Angest - Chairman & Chief Executive
Chairman and Chief Executive of the Group and Chairman of Secure Trust Bank PLC, Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited and Arbuthnot Securities Limited. He is Chairman of the Banking Committee of the London Investment Banking Association and Master of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
James Cobb ACA - Group Finance Director
James Cobb joined the board on 1 November 2008 and is Group Finance Director. He was previously Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Citigroup’s Global Consumer Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse.
Gary Jennison
Gary Jennison joined the Board on 26 September 2006 as Chief Executive of Secure Trust Bank. He was previously Managing Director of Barclays Bank’s branch network and previously has held senior positions at Lex Vehicle Leasing, GE Capital Auto Financial Services Europe and Hitachi Credit (UK) PLC.
Neil Kirton
Neil Kirton joined the Board on 1 June 2008 as Chief Executive of Arbuthnot Securities having joined Arbuthnot Securities as Deputy Chief Executive in January 2006. Prior to this he was with ABN Amro Hoare Govett from 1985 to 2002 where he was Global Head of Equity Sales, Deputy Chief Executive of Hoare Govett (UK) Limited and a Managing Director of ABN Amro Bank NV. He was also Head of Equities at Bridgewell Securities from 2002 to 2004.
Ruth Lea
Independent non-executive director since 1 November 2005 and Economic Adviser to the Group. She is the director of Global Vision. She was previously director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors, Economics Editor at ITN, Chief UK Economist at Lehman Brothers and Chief Economist at Mitsubishi Bank. She also spent 16 years in the Civil Service in the Treasury, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Central Statistical Office and the Civil Service College.
Sir Christopher Meyer
Independent non-executive director since 1 October 2007. He retires as Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission on 30 March 2009. He had a distinguished diplomatic career, in 1997 he was appointed as Ambassador to Germany and from 1997 – 2003 he was Ambassador to the USA. Between 1994 and 1996, he was Press Secretary to Prime Minister John Major. He is also non-executive director of GKN PLC and is on the International Advisory boards of Fleishman-Hillard and British American Business Inc.
Sir Michael Peat
Independent non-executive director appointed on 15 January 2008. He is currently Principal Private Secretary to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Previously he was Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen and Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster. Prior to being appointed to work for the Royal Household Sir Michael was with KPMG for over 20 years and was a partner from 1985 to 1993.
Dean Proctor
Dean Proctor joined the Board on 3 November 2009 as Chief Executive Officer of Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd. He joined the Group in July 2009, when he was appointed to the Board of Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd as Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Private Banking. Before joining Arbuthnot Latham he was at Citi for 3 years and most recently was Managing Director of Wealth Management and Retail Banking for Citibank & Egg in the UK. Prior to Citi Dean worked at LloydsTSB Bank Plc for 13 years in various management positions in both Corporate and Consumer businesses.
Andrew Salmon ACA - Chief Operating Officer
Appointed a director on 8 March 2004. He joined the Company in 1997 and is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development. He was previously a director of Hambros Bank Limited and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick (now KPMG).
Atholl Turrell ACA
Appointed a director on 1 March 2004. He was formerly Head of Corporate Stockbroking at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney. He is Vice-Chairman of Arbuthnot Securities Limited.
Robert Wickham
Deputy Chairman and senior independent non-executive director. He was formerly on the Management Board of Bank of Scotland. He is also an independent nonexecutive director of Secure Trust Bank PLC, Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited and Georgica PLC.
Secretary
Jeremy Robin Kaye FCIS