Jim Pettigrew

Jim has over thirty years’ experience in UK and international financial services leadership in public, listed and private company environments, including at board level, as CEO and as Chair. During his career he has worked with a number of the UK’s top entrepreneurs and business leaders on complex business transformations and IPOs. He was Chair of Scottish Financial Services, the Scottish financial services trade body. He also served as co-chair of Scotland’s Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB) with the First Minister of Scotland and is a former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. In 2020, he retired as Chair of Virgin Money and CYBG plc (Clydesdale Bank) having overseen the bank’s successful demerger from National Australia Bank Group, its IPO and acquisition of Virgin Money. He has built considerable non-executive experience over the past ten years across retail, wholesale and investment banking, asset and wealth management and the insurance sectors. He is currently Chair of BlueBay Asset Management, Chair of Dundee Heritage Trust and Chair of Scottish Ballet.