Lisa Fretwell

Lisa Fretwell was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2022.

Lisa has 25 years’ experience within financial services, technology, retail, and manufacturing industries in both business and consulting roles. She holds a first class honours in Chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham and an M.B.A from Cranfield Business School. She was awarded Business Leader of the Year by Women in Credit in 2020.

Lisa joined Santander from Experian, where she was Managing Director of Experian UK’s Data Business from 2019 - 2021. Prior to this, Lisa held various senior roles at Cisco for over 10 years, including Vice President of Software and Operations and Managing Director of Consulting Services and Internet Business Solutions. Lisa also held roles at Capgemini and Procter & Gamble before joining Cisco.

On her appointment Lisa became a member of the Board Responsible Banking Committee, the Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee.