Graeme Yorston

Graeme was appointed a non-executive director in September 2017. Prior to this he was Group Chief Executive of Principality Building Society, the 6th largest mutual in the UK. He has over 43 years’ experience in financial services having carried out a number of senior roles in Abbey National, including IT Director for the Retail Bank, Regional Director and running a number of significant change programmes. He also led the call centre operations. Graeme serves on the Board of Governors at Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has served on the CBI Council for Wales, the Board of Business in the Community in Wales and was HRH Ambassador for BITC in Wales for two years. He was awarded Director of the Year in Wales by the Institute of Directors in 2016. Graeme is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Banking, holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2017. He is a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Risk & Compliance Committees.