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Directors and Staff

Independent Directors


David Hunt

The Right Hon the Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE (David Hunt) - Chairman


David Hunt has been a parliamentarian for 36 years, first as MP for Wirral, then moving from the House of Commons to the House of Lords in 1997. He has been a partner in DAC Beachcroft LLP, solicitors, since 1969 and is currently Chairman of their Financial Services Division. He was a Minister in successive governments for 16 years and a member of the Cabinets of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He has also been Chair of the Press Complaints Commission since 2011.



Lady Bloom CBE


Margaret Bloom is a Senior Consultant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and a visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. Margaret is also the Deputy Chair of the Money Advice Trust and an independent member of the LINK Consumer Council. She is a former Director of Competition Enforcement at the Office of Fair Trading.



Claire Ighodaro CBE


Claire Ighodaro CBE is a Board member/Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Lloyd's of London, the British Council, the Open University and the Lending Standards Board. She was previously a senior executive at BT plc, a Board Member of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and BIS and is a Past President of CIMA.


Alan Whiting


Alan Whiting is Chairman and Managing Director of Merlan Financial, he is also Chairman of the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission and NYSE Liffe. Alan was previously Director of Financial Regulation at HM Treasury covering banks, investment companies, building societies and friendly societies. More recently Alan was Executive Director, Regulation and Compliance at the London Metal Exchange.


Directors representing Sponsors


Adrian Coles OBE


Adrian Coles is Director General of The Building Societies Association.
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Eric Leenders


Eric Leenders is the Executive Director of Retail of the British Bankers Association.
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Graham Peacop - The UK Cards Association


Graham joined The UK Cards Association as Managing Director in September 2012.

Graham enjoyed a long and successful banking career in RBS (and NatWest) with over 30 years experience, having developed specialisms in corporate banking and, more recently, card payments. Over the past 15 years he has become a leading card payments industry figure with key representative roles for RBS, including 5 years as Chairman of The MasterCard UK Members Forum.

In RBS, as part of the Card Business management board, he had responsibility for overseeing the Group’s global card scheme, regulatory and industry matters. Before joining The UK Cards Association Graham worked for 2½ years in the UK & Ireland division of MasterCard , as Head of Card Acceptance.


LSB Staff


Robert Skinner - Chief Executive & Director


Robert Skinner spent 26 years working for Barclays Bank and held a number of senior roles in Large Corporate, International and Retail banking, including UK Personal Sector Network Director and Marketing Director for the Private Banking division. Prior to joining the LSB he spent 3 years as Director General of the Money Advice Trust, a charity that provides advice to over-indebted individuals, via National Debtline and training and support to money advisers working in the not-for-profit sector. Robert is also a non-executive director of the Money Advice Service.


Laura Mahoney - Legal & Compliance Officer


Compliance Team

Alan Dengate - Compliance Manager

Michael Merry - Compliance Manager

Shada Nasrullah - Compliance Manager

Elizabeth Thompson - Compliance Manager


Operations and Finance Team

Gaye Kirby - Operations Manager

Julie Huxen - Administration & IT Manager


 
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