Henry Angest - Chairman & Chief Executive
Chairman and Chief Executive of the Group and Chairman of Secure Trust Bank PLC and Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited. He is a past 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.
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.
Paul Lynam
Paul Lynam joined the Board on 13 September 2010 as Chief Executive of Secure Trust Bank PLC. Prior to his appointment, Paul spent 22 years in a variety of roles with RBS and NatWest. These included Managing Director, Banking; Chief Executive, UK Business Banking and Managing Director, Lombard North Central PLC. He is also a Trustee and Governor of the IFS School of Finance.
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.
Dean Proctor
Dean Proctor joined the Board on 3 November 2009 as Chief Executive Officer of Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited. Before, 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 KPMG.
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.
Jeremy Robin Kaye FCIS
Secretary.