Board of Directors
Henry Angest LLL, Hon.F.UHI - Non-Executive Chairman
Henry Angest is Chairman and Chief Executive of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC as well as Chairman of Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited. He gained extensive national and international experience as an executive of The Dow Chemical Company and Dow Banking Corporation. He was Chairman of the Banking Committee of the London Investment Banking Association and a director of the Institute of Directors. He is a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Paul Lynam ACIB, AMCT, Fifs - Chief Executive Officer
Paul Lynam joined Secure Ṫrust Bànk in September 2010, having spent 22 years working for Natwest and RBS. He is a Fellow of the ifs University College and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Association of Corporate Treasures. Paul was the Managing Director, Banking, running RBS/ Natwest's SME banking business across the UK and spent four years as the Managing Director of Lombard North Central PLC, running the largest asset finance and leasing business in Europe.
Neeraj Kapur BEng, ACGI, FCA, CF, FCIBS - Chief Financial Officer
Neeraj Kapur has over 24 years financial services experience spent in both the accounting and banking industries. He is a Chartered Banker, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, and Council and Vice Chair of the of the ICAEW Financial Services Faculty. Neeraj spent 11 years working in professional practice before joining RBS in 2001 and has undertaken a number of roles which included Chief Financial Officer of Lombard North Central PLC.
Andrew Salmon ACA - Non-Executive Director
Andrew Salmon joined Arbuthnot Banking Group in 1997 and is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC. He was previously a director of Hambros Bank Limited and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.
The Rt Hon Lord Forsyth of Drumlean PC Kt - Independent Non-Executive Director
Michael Forsyth is a Director of J&J Denholm, Chairman of Hyperion Insurance Group, and former Deputy Chairman of JP Morgan UK and Evercore Partners International. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1995, knighted in 1997, and joined the House of Lords in 1999. He was a member of the House of Commons for 14 years and served in Government for 10 years, latterly as a Cabinet Minster.
Paul Marrow ACIB - Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul Marrow has over 40 years banking experience and has over the last decade been responsible for the Commercial Banking and Specialist Corporate Banking business divisions of RBS Group in the UK. Prior to retiring from RBS in July 2009, Paul was involved in a change programme in the RBS UK banking business. Paul is currently the Chairman of JCB Finance Limited, a joint venture between J C Bamford Excavators Limited and RBS Group.
Carol Sergeant BA, MBA, CBE - Independent Non-Executive Director
Carol Sergeant has extensive banking experience gained over a 38 year career with the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority (which she helped to set up) and latterly as the Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Lloyds Banking Group PLC. Carol holds a BA from Cambridge and an MBA from the CASS Business School. Carol is a non-executive director of Danske Bank and Martin Currie Holdings Limited and is the Chairman of the UK whistle blowing charity Public Concern at Work.
