{"people":[{"name":"Gerry Mallon","jobTitle":"Chief Executive ","image":{"src":"/media/cokfwt5s/gerry-mallon.jpg?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d94540016092b0","alt":"Gerry Mallon"},"content":"

Gerry has been Chief Executive of Tesco Bank since August 2018 and is a member of the Tesco PLC Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Tesco Bank, Gerry has held a number of leadership roles in financial services, including as Chief Executive Officer of Ulster Bank Ireland and as Chief Executive Officer of Danske Bank UK (formerly Northern Bank). Earlier in his career, Gerry also held roles at McKinsey & Co., Bank of Ireland and the UK Civil Service.

Outside of financial services, Gerry served as Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council at the University of Ulster and President of the Institute of Banking in Ireland, and recently completed a six-year term as Chairman of the Irish Football Association. He is a board member of Heart of Midlothian FC and Chairman of the Foundation of Hearts.

Gerry holds a First Class degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Ulster Business School. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Ulster University in 2015.

"},{"name":"Richard Henderson","jobTitle":"Chief Financial Officer ","image":{"src":"/media/w31hdnan/richard-henderson.jpg?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d9454010452250","alt":"Richard Henderson"},"content":"

Richard is the Chief Financial Officer. Richard joined Tesco Bank in June 2009 and has performed the roles of Audit Director, Finance Director (Banking), Financial & Credit Risk Director and Chief Risk Officer.

Before joining Tesco Bank, Richard held a range of internal audit roles with RBS and Barclays. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in external audit.

Richard is a graduate of The University of Nottingham, has an MBA from The University of Edinburgh, is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA), and is an Associate Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (AMCT).

"},{"name":"Lynne Rennie-Smith","jobTitle":"People Director ","image":{"src":"/media/uvzcltc4/lynne-rennie-smith.png?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d9454a56ed50b0","alt":"Lynne Rennie Smith"},"content":"

Lynne is Tesco Bank’s People Director having been appointed into the role in June 2022. She joined Tesco Bank in October 2021 as Head of Colleague Experience.

Prior to joining Tesco Bank, Lynne held a range of senior human resources and colleague-focused roles in both the financial services industry with Nationwide, Ulster Bank Ireland and NatWest, as well as within retail with House of Fraser.

Lynne is the Sponsor of the Armed Forces Network at Tesco Bank, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a Board Trustee with Perth Women’s Aid and is currently working towards her ILM 7 Accreditation as an Executive Coach.

"},{"name":"Debbie Walker ","jobTitle":"Chief Risk Officer ","image":{"src":"/media/azkdqflc/debbie-walker.jpg?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d94540193c0e50","alt":"Debbie Walker"},"content":"

Debbie joined Tesco Bank in August 2017 and performed the role of Head of Risk Operations and then Compliance and Conduct Risk Director. She was appointed to the role of Interim Chief Risk Officer in June 2021 before being appointed as the Chief Risk Officer in January 2022.

Prior to joining Tesco Bank, Debbie worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, across a wide variety of commercial and risk management roles in both Corporate and Retail Banking.

Debbie is a Chartered Banker, has an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and a BA Honours degree in Economics from Heriot Watt University.

"},{"name":"Craig Bundell","jobTitle":"Chief Banking Officer","image":{"src":"/media/n53lritd/craig-bundell.png?rxy=0.3194388031410777,0.351634071453481&width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1da5b37cf87e6d0","alt":"Craig Bundell"},"content":"

Craig is Tesco Bank's Chief Banking Officer having been appointed to the role in September 2023. He Joined Tesco Bank in January 2023 as Help Me Borrow Director.

Craig has significant financial services experience from previous leadership roles at Barclaycard, Banco Santander, TSB Bank, and Hastings Insurance.

"},{"name":"Gary Duggan ","jobTitle":"Chief Insurance Officer ","image":{"src":"/media/4v1bp5x1/gary-duggan.jpg?rxy=0.4621729684494109,0.3658280922431866&width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1da5b3843300e50","alt":"Gary Duggan"},"content":"

Gary joined Tesco Underwriting as its Chief Executive Officer in July 2021. He is also the Chief Insurance Officer and a member of the Tesco Bank Executive Committee.

He has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services and insurance industry, running large scale businesses in the UK, Asia and the Middle East.

Gary’s previous roles included Senior Advisor at Oxbow Partners, CEO of Saga Services and Managing Director at BGL.

"},{"name":"Tracy Abraham","jobTitle":"Chief Customer Officer","image":{"src":"/media/mzqeaob4/microsoftteams-image-6.png?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d99861df849cc0","alt":"Microsoftteams Image (6)"},"content":"

Tesco Bank announced the appointment of Tracy to the role of Chief Customer Officer in August 2022.

Tracy has spent over 25 years in Digital and Senior Marketing and Communication roles, most recently as Group Marketing Director at the AA. Tracy has also held Chief Marketing Officer positions at Experian, CPP Group and Monzo.

Prior to her career in financial services, Tracy worked for a number of media organisations including Channel 4 and Hearst Magazines and also spent 5 years at Microsoft.

"},{"name":"Iain Harnett","jobTitle":"Customer Service Director","image":{"src":"/media/pbcbingw/microsoftteams-image-7.png?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d998612addd110","alt":"Microsoftteams Image (7)"},"content":"

Iain is Tesco Bank's Customer Service Director and he has over 30 years experience in the banking industry.

He joined the Bank in 2009 to set up the mortgage business and after a successful launch, he went on to take responsibility for all operational teams within Banking and General Insurance.

Prior to Tesco Bank, Iain worked for HBOS as Head of Mortgage Operations, and he was also part of the start-up teams at three banks.

Iain is a Chartered Banker and Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland.

"},{"name":"Fiona Burden ","jobTitle":"Legal Director & Company Secretary","image":{"src":"/media/td1julyw/fiona-burden.jpg?rxy=0.48863798846274276,0.26091563146341157&width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1da5b3834f6b2d0","alt":"Fiona Burden"},"content":"

Fiona joined the Executive Committee as Legal Director & Company Secretary in February 2022. Fiona joined Tesco Bank in 2013 working in a variety of legal roles and since July 2019, has been Head of Legal. More recently, Fiona has been acting as Interim Head of Supplier Management.

Prior to joining Tesco Bank, Fiona also spent time in a range of commercial and corporate roles in private practice law firms, Aviva and Standard Life. Fiona is dual qualified in Scots and English law.

Fiona is sponsor of Tesco Bank’s Women at Tesco Network.

"},{"name":"Gary Balmer","jobTitle":"Chief Technology Officer","image":{"src":"/media/jc3fyqsz/0_gbalmer.jpg?width=1240&height=950&format=webp&quality=100&v=1d99862736cd6f0","alt":"0 Gbalmer"},"content":"

Gary joined Tesco Bank in March 2020 as Chief Information Officer. He was subsequently appointed to the role of Chief Technology Officer in July 2022 where he is responsible for the Bank's IT, engineering and technology operations.

Gary has a strong background of 20+ years technology change, cloud transformation and data, having held various senior leadership roles at PwC, IBM, Sainsbury’s and New Look.

"}]}

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