Pamela Walkden

Pamela Walkden was appointed Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2021.

Pamela is currently Independent Director of Banco Santander, S.A. (since 2019) where she is the Audit Committee Chair. She is also a lay member of the Welfare and Ethics Committee of the Royal Veterinary College and a member of the Advisory Board at JD Haspel Limited.

Previously, Pamela has served in a number of senior management positions predominantly at Standard Chartered Bank, including as Group Head of Human Resources, Chief Risk Officer, Group Treasurer, Group Head of Asset and Liability Management and Regional Markets, Group Head of Internal Audit, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Group Manager of Investor Relations. In addition, she served as an independent member of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Regulatory Reform Panel and as member of the European Banking Authority Stakeholder Group.

Pamela was appointed as a member of the Board Risk Committee and Board Nomination Committee on appointment as an Independent Non-Executive Director.