Anne joined the Board in July 2017. Anne’s extensive UK and international board-level experience working with both FTSE 100 and independently owned companies, in both regulated and non-regulated businesses, reinforces the Board’s broad range of skill and competency.
Her experience spans sectors including financial services, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing and consumer. Anne’s breadth of knowledge, skills and qualities combines strategic leadership and deep people, culture and organisational transformation expertise with a solid understanding of governance, control and risk.
She has held executive roles at Hallmark Cards, Lloyds Banking Group/HBOS, Safeway and Thus Plc.
Anne is a trusted executive coach and adviser to Boards and Directors in diverse businesses in the UK and the US. She also chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Society’s Audit Committee. She is also a Director of Newcastle Financial Advisers Limited.
“As the Society continues to grow, the Board leans on my track record of leading large people functions and experience facilitating transformative organisational change to develop a broader view on matters affecting the Society and assist in developing people strategies, including our approach to culture, talent, succession and reward.”