Management
Nationwide is run day-to-day by a senior management team overseen by an elected Board of Directors.
Board of Directors
1. Geoffrey Howe
Chairman
Geoffrey Howe joined the Board in 2005 and became Chairman of the Society in July 2007. He brings considerable regulatory, management and legal experience to the Board. He is currently Chairman of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc and a Director of Investec plc. Geoffrey was formerly Chairman of Railtrack Group plc, a director and General Counsel of Robert Fleming Holdings Limited and Managing Partner of international law firm Clifford Chance.
2. Graham Beale
Chief Executive
Graham Beale joined the Society in 1985. He is a chartered accountant by training and was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director in April 2003. He took up his current role as Chief Executive in April 2007. He is also a non executive director of Visa Europe Limited and Visa Europe Services. Prior to his appointment to the Board, he worked extensively in the Finance function and held a number of senior, general management positions within the Society.
3. Michael Jary
Non Executive Director
Michael Jary joined the Board in January 2009. He is the Managing Partner of OC&C Strategy Consultants, a global strategy consulting firm with 15 offices worldwide, having been one of the founders of the firm in 1987. He is an advisor to the boards of leading retail and consumer companies in Europe, the USA and Asia. He is a regular commentator on the retail industry, the co-author of a number of books including “Retail Power Plays” and a guest lecturer at INSEAD Business School. He is also the Chairman of Duchy Originals and of The Prince's Social Enterprises.
4. Bill Tudor John
Joint Deputy Chairman
Bill Tudor John joined the Board in August 2007 as Joint Deputy Chairman and was previously Chairman of Portman Building Society. Between 1972 and 2000 he was a Partner in the international law firm Allen & Overy, the last six years of which he was the Senior Partner. He has considerable experience in the law and investment banking. He is currently a Managing Director of Nomura International plc, Director of Lehman Brothers European Mezzanine 2004 SICAV, Wales In London Limited and of Grainger plc and he is a member of the Treasury appointed Banking Liaison Panel. He is a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.
5. Tony Prestedge
Group Development and Operations Director
Tony Prestedge was appointed to the Board in August 2007 and was previously Executive Director Group Operations of Portman Building Society. He has held a number of senior executive roles at Barclays PLC, including Managing Director Home Finance and Retail Support and Operations Director. He was a member of both Woolwich PLC and Barclays Retail Banking Executive Committees. Tony is accountable for the Group's Strategic and Operational Transformation and his divisional reports include Transformation Planning and IT Strategy, Transformation and Change Delivery, Human Resources, Technology Services, Customer Operations and Business Services. Additionally, Tony is accountable for leading the Group's Banking Systems Replacement Programme.
6. Mark Rennison
Group Finance Director
Mark Rennison is a chartered accountant who joined the Society and was appointed to the Board in February 2007. He is responsible for Finance, Treasury, Risk Management, Strategy & Planning, Internal Audit and Business Protection. He is a director of various Society subsidiaries. Prior to his appointment, Mark was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he worked in the financial services practice with a specific focus on retail and corporate banking. He has also worked extensively with group treasury operations, leasing and asset finance businesses.
7. Chris Rhodes
Group Product and Marketing Director
Chris is a chartered accountant who joined the Society in April 2009 from the Santander Group, where he was Director of Retail Distribution for Alliance & Leicester. Prior to that he held a number of Board positions at Alliance & Leicester, including Group Finance Director and Managing Director of Retail Banking. Chris is responsible for Mortgages, Insurance and Investments, Savings, Banking (current account, credit cards and personal loans) and Commercial Lending together with Group Marketing.
8. Suzanna Taverne
Non Executive Director
Suzanna Taverne joined the Board in 2005. She brings expertise in strategy, finance and management. She is currently a Director of FCE Bank plc, a Trustee of the Consumer Credit Counselling Service and the Design Museum and Chair of Gingerbread. Suzanna was formerly a Director of Imperial College London, Managing Director of the British Museum, Director of Strategy at Pearson plc and Finance Director of The Independent. She also worked for Saatchi and Saatchi plc and S.G. Warburg & Co Ltd.
9. Robert Walther
Joint Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director
Robert Walther joined the Board in 2002 and became Deputy Chairman in 2006. His background is in investment and insurance. Robert is currently Chairman of the Derbyshire and Cheshire Pension Funds and Fidelity European Values plc. He was formerly Chairman of both the Nationwide and Portman Pension Funds and of JPM Claverhouse Investment Trust and a non executive director of BUPA. He was Chief Executive of Clerical Medical from 1995 to 2001 which he joined in 1965.
10. Matthew Wyles
Group Distribution Director
Matthew Wyles was appointed to the Board in August 2007 and was previously Executive Director Group Development of Portman Building Society. Prior to joining Portman in 1997, Matthew's career was in general insurance, latterly as Executive Director within the Global Reinsurance Division at Willis plc. Matthew is responsible for the Branch Network, the Group's Call Centres, Online Channels, Regional Brands Distribution and Group Intermediary Sales across all of the Group's brands. He is also currently serving a second term as Chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
11. Roger Perkin
Non Executive Director
Roger Perkin joined the Nationwide Board as a non executive director on 20 April 2010. Roger is a former partner at Ernst & Young, and has spent 40 years in the accounting profession. During his time at Ernst & Young he has worked with many blue chip clients, including UBS, and has advised boards across the spectrum of financial services, including banking, insurance, fund management and private equity. He is also a non executive director at Electra Private Equity Plc and Evolution Group Plc, and chairs the audit committees of both companies.
12. Alan Dickinson
Non Executive Director
Alan joined the Nationwide Board in June 2010. Prior to his retirement in June 2010, Alan spent more than thirty-five years in banking, originally joining the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1973, having started his career with Westminster Bank in 1968. He is an experienced retail and corporate banker with a strong risk and general management track record at the highest levels, including the re-engineering of RBS in the 1990's, the integration of the NatWest and RBS corporate businesses from 2000 and the management of the core UK retail and corporate franchise of RBS and NatWest through the financial crisis in 2008/09. He is a former Executive Committee member of the RBS Group and Chief Executive of both RBS UK and the Bank's market leading UK Corporate Banking business.
Senior management team
Graham Beale
Chief Executive
Mark Rennison
Group Finance Director
Chris Rhodes
Group Product and Marketing Director
Matthew Wyles
Group Distribution Director
Tony Prestedge
Group Development and Operations Director
Liam Coleman
Group Director, Treasury
Tony Alexander
Divisional Director, Financial Performance
Robin Bailey
Divisional Director, Savings & Investments
James Boulton
Divisional Director, Customer Strategy & Marketing
Mark Gibbard
Divisional Director, Risk Management
Bryce Glover
Divisional Director, Commercial
Graeme Hughes
Divisional Director, Branch Network
Terry Kaye
Divisional Director, Transformation Delivery
Andy McQueen
Divisional Director, Mortgages & General Insurance
Steve Nowell
Divisional Director, Business Protection
Graham Pilkington
Divisional Director, Banking
Alison Robb
Divisional Director, Group Strategy, Planning and Financial Reporting
Peter Stafford
Divisional Director, Technology Services
Maxine Taylor
Divisional Director, Corporate Affairs
Jeremy Wood
Divisional Director, Customer Operations
John Wrighthouse
Divisional Director, Human Resources
Simon Waite
Group Secretary