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A bit about Mike

Mike has spent over 40 years working in financial services, starting his career at Midland Bank and subsequently at HSBC, undertaking a number of managerial roles in both the retail and corporate banking divisions. Mike joined the Principality Building Society in 1997 and was promoted to the position of Director of Group Risk in 2009. He joined the Society’s Board in 2013 as Chief Risk Officer, and was appointed Interim CEO in 2019, returning to his substantive post as CRO in 2020 until his retirement in June of this year.

Mike holds a degree in Economics, an MBA from Henley Management College, and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. Mike served as a member of the UK Finance Mortgage Product and Service Board from 2019 until 2022.

Mike is an Independent Member of the Audit & Risk Committee.