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

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