Ieuan joined the Board in May 2015 and was appointed Chairman in April 2018. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of CIPFA. He was Director of Strategy and Finance at the DVLA for 12 years and previously Deputy Director of Finance and Performance for the NHS in England and Wales. He worked for 20 years for major accountancy firms in audit, computer audit and consultancy for IT and business strategy.
Alun joined the Society in May 2001 as Director and Chief Executive. Prior to his appointment, he had spent 20 years in retail, business and corporate banking starting with Williams & Glyns Bank Plc and subsequently Bank of Wales Plc. He is a member of the Assets & Liabilities, Risk, Conduct and IT Committees.
Sophie was appointed to the Board in January 2023. Sophie is a Solicitor with over 13 years’ experience in commercial litigation with a specific emphasis on commercial debt recovery, professional negligence and acting for banks and building societies. She is a Director at JCP Solicitors in Swansea where she jointly heads up the firm’s Commercial Litigation team. She is also the firm’s Training Principal and an Associate Member of Nara (the Association of Property & Fixed Charge Receivers).
Stephen joined the Board in May 2016 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in May 2019. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of ICAEW. He started his career at the Swansea office of accountancy firm Deloitte Haskins & Sells and after qualifying, he joined Coopers & Lybrand, now PwC. Before taking early retirement, he was Director of Financial Shared Services for Tata Steel Europe. He chairs the Assets and Liabilities Committee and is a member of the Audit, Risk and Remuneration & Nominations Committees.
Catherine joined the Society in January 2017 as a financial accountant, before moving to take responsibility for Risk & Compliance in June 2019. She is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience within the South Wales area. She has worked in a variety of accountancy practices, both large and small, including spending 5 years as an external audit manager at KPMG. She also subsequently spent 8 years in industry as a finance manager at Tata Steel. She is Chair of the Conduct Committee and a member of the Risk Committee.
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