Clive Adamson

Clive Adamson has enjoyed a 44 year career in financial services spanning executive roles in banking and regulation and, more recently, board roles across wholesale and retail banking, insurance and asset management. Mr Adamson spent 20 years in wholesale banking initially with Citigroup and then with Bank of America where he held a number of senior positions including Regional Head of the UK and Northern Europe. He then moved into regulation as an adviser at the Bank of England before being appointed as Director of Major UK Groups at the newly formed Financial Services Authority, a position he held during the financial crisis. Mr Adamson then moved to the Financial Conduct Authority on its formation where he was Director of Supervision and an Executive Member of the Board. After 17 years in financial regulation, Mr Adamson has been a Non executive Director of Virgin Money plc and currently is the Senior Independent Director of Ashmore Group plc, a Non - Executive Director of JP Morgan Securities plc and the Chair of JP Morgan Europe Ltd which houses the new Chase UK digital banking business. He is also a Senior Adviser at McKinsey & Company. Mr Adamson holds an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University.