Our people

Stephen Welton CBE
Chair of Board

Louis Taylor
CEO

David Hourican
Chief Financial Officer

Neeta Atkar
Senior Independent Director and Chair of Risk Committee

Jenny Knott
Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee

Barbara Anderson
Non-Executive Director and Chair of People and Remuneration Committee

James Connelly
Non-Executive Director

Nat Sloane
Non-Executive Director

Jamie Carter
Shareholder Representative Director

Matthew Elderfield
Non-Executive Director

Eilish Jamieson
Non-Executive Director
Senior Leadership Team

Louis Taylor
CEO

Catherine Lewis La Torre
CEO, British Patient Capital

David Hourican
Chief Financial Officer

Esi Eshun OBE
General Counsel and Company Secretary (from November 2023)

Angelene Woodland
Chief Customer Officer

Paddy Lye
Chief Operating Officer

Chantal Geall
Chief Risk Officer

Alice Carpenter
Interim General Counsel and Company Secretary

Graeme Fisher
Interim Chief Strategy Officer

Karen Barnett
Chief People Officer

Richard Bearman
Managing Director, Small Business Lending

Ken Cooper
Managing Director, Venture Capital Solutions

Alison Fletcher
Managing Director, Operational Control

Reinald de Monchy
Managing Director, Guarantee and Wholesale

Barry Murphy
Managing Director, Risk & Compliance

Warren Ralls
Managing Director, UK Network

Andy Littlewood
Managing Director, IT Infrastructure and Operations

Martin Jones
Managing Director, Technology Delivery

Thomas Horton
Managing Director, Core Finance

Mark Trick
Managing Director, Middle Office

Stephen Whiteley
Managing Director, Data Management Office

Carys Owen
Managing Director Fraud and Financial Crime

Rebecca Nicholson
Managing Director, Internal Audit