Philip was appointed to the Board on 15 February 2021 and became Chairman on June 10 2021. Philip has had a long and successful career in banking and is the Chairman of the City of London Group subsidiary Recognise Bank. Before joining Recognise in 2019 he was first an independent Non-Executive Director and then Chairman at Chartercourt FS Group and was closely involved in a successful banking licence application. After obtaining banking permissions in 2015 Philip was involved in the launch of Charter Savings followed by a successful IPO in October 2017. Philip’s experience also includes being a NED of Leeds Building Society between 2011 and 2020 and in 2020 he became Chair of Auden Group Ltd, a ‘for profit’ Social Enterprise intent on changing the face of UK consumer finance.
Nyreen was appointed to the Board on 08 October 2020. She is currently a senior advisor in RG Advisors Limited. She was formerly a partner at Hassans International Law Firm and has advised on many aspects of corporate, commercial and private client work. Subsequently, Nyreen has also been within the leadership team in a gaming operation and led the development and launch of its regulated business, and directly responsible for corporate development, business development, public policy and strategy.
Ruth was appointed to the Board on 08 October 2020. She is a successful entrepreneur and one of the world’s most outstanding self-made businesswomen. She currently advises over £1Bn within her own private family office with international businesses active in Real Estate, Asset Management and Private Equity.
Paul was appointed to the Board in November 2013. He qualified as a solicitor in 1986 but has spent most of his career in the property, construction and private finance industries. From 2005 to 2012 he worked in central government leading a commercial team tasked with delivery of infrastructure programmes and projects. From 2012 to June 2013 he worked at UPP Group Ltd and he has been Chief Executive of a privately owned group of property companies since July 2013.
Louise was appointed to the Board on 15 February 2021. She is a highly qualified CIO, CFO and business change leader with over 35 years’ experience in large private and public sector organisations, embracing complex technology and digital transformation strategies. Louise started her career in finance and is a qualified ACCA. In recent years, Louise has been IT Transformational / Change Director at HM Revenue & Customs followed by contractor roles as Transformational Director at Aviva , and Specsavers, then CIO Digital Transformation at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Latterly, Louise was contracted to HSBC as COO, Global Group Digital Transformation and was a ‘2017 CIO Women in IT’ finalist, Nominated Leading UK Female CIOs for the last five years and a speaker on Digital Transformation. Currently Louise is a senior advisor in digital practice at Bain and Co.
Richard was appointed to the Board on 15 February 2021. He studied economics / law before qualifying as a chartered accountant and becoming a partner with KPMG in 1995. He was a Partner for 23 years in the Financial Services Practice and led the Regional Financial Services Practice providing audit and advisory services to a range of household names in the sector from established banks and building societies to new entrants. He has extensive knowledge of financial services and a deep understanding of banking regulation. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee at Arbuthnot Latham.
Moorad was appointed to the Board on 15 February 2021. He was formerly CEO of Habib Bank and has extensive experience in managing businesses across wholesale, commercial and retail banking lines. He has a proven track record in delivering treasury P&L at a number of the banks he’s worked at and is a respected industry commentator on balance sheet risk management, capital management and risk governance infrastructure. His experience extends to managing large and complex banking group balance sheet structures from balance sheet risk, ALM, liquidity, capital and interest rate risk.
He started his impressive career as an analyst at The London Stock Exchange and later moved on to roles at well established companies including ABN AMRO, KPMG, JP Morgan Chase, Europe Arab Bank and RBS and, most recently, worked at Cambridge and Counties.
Simon is Chair of the Recognise Bank Risk Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee.
Simon is MD, UK and Ireland and COO for Europe, Middle East and Africa at global reinsurer Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). Prior to this role, Simon held several senior positions at HSBC including CEO, HSBC Ireland, Head of Business Banking, UK and COO, Corporate and Structured Finance. He’s also a NED of National Counties Building Society.
