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This list showcases the top Surrey based Director operating in the Banking space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andrew Elphick
Director – Open Innovation Internal Programmes of Barclays
Andrew Elphick is the Head of Delivery Group Innovation Office for Barclays. He is responsible for brining Open Innovation into Barclays through Rise, which operates in London, New York City, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Mumbai, Vilnius and Manchester. He has worked with Barclays for 10 years starting in HR in Barclays Wealth before moving into Technology and then to the Design and Digital Office where he operated as the Chief of Staff before joining Rise.
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Robert Boot
Director of JLG Group
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About JLG Group: JLG Group entered the alternative finance sector with the aim of providing a real alternative to business banking.
Robert Boot
Director of JLG Group
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About JLG Group: JLG Group entered the alternative finance sector with the aim of providing a real alternative to business banking.
Matt Allen
Director of Financial Crime of British Bankers Association
Matt oversees the BBA’s work on Financial Crime, with particular focus on anti-money laundering, counter fraud and cyber risk management. Matt previously spent 10 years with the Civil Service dealing with crime policy across a range of Departments and representing the UK in a number of EU and international forum. Matt was also involved. a number of high-profile policy initiatives. These included leading the drafting of the Government in Fraud Strategy, advising on operational arrangements for economic crime, supporting the drafting of the Organised Crime Strategy and a member of the team for the Prime Minister’s Review of Asset Recovery.
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About British Bankers Association: The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking sector with more than 230 member banks headquartered in over 50 countries
Neil Berkett
Non Executive Director of Bank of Queensland
Neil joined the Board in July 2013. He is Chairman of the Guardian Media Group and is on the Board of Trustees for the NSPCC. Neil has over 25 years’ experience in a wide range of highly competitive customer-facing industries. Most recently, Neil was Chief Executive of Virgin Media Group from March 2008 to June 2013, having joined ntl, Virgin Media’s predecessor, as chief operating officer in September 2005. Before joining Virgin Media he was Managing Director, Distribution, at Lloyds TSB plc (UK). His previous roles include: Chief Operating Officer at Prudential Assurance Company Ltd UK; Head of Retail at St George Bank; Senior General Manager at the Australian division of Citibank Limited; Chief Executive at Eastwest Airlines Australia and Financial Controller at ICL Australia.
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About Bank of Queensland, Guardian Media Group: Welcome to our Pinterest! BOQ is one of Australia’s most dynamic and innovative financial institutions.
