Chris Pendlebury

Chris Pendlebury has extensive work experience in the banking and IT industry. Their most recent position was as the Head of Platform Integration & IT at Recognise Bank, where they were responsible for leading internal platform application and Integrations support, as well as overseeing the ongoing banking platforms change function and the bank's internal IT team.

Prior to that, Chris worked as the Development and Integrations Manager - SME Lending at LHV Bank, where they were in charge of internal development and operational support of all SME lending platform applications and integrations.

Before joining LHV Bank, Chris served as the Head of IT Development at Bank North, where they were responsible for internal development and operational support of all banking platform applications, integrations, and the delivery of new commercial lending releases.

Chris also has experience working at Aegon, where they served as the Environment Operations Manager, and at Kalibrate, where they held various roles including Application Delivery Manager, Technical Service Delivery Manager, Technical Services Consultant & Hybrid, and Support Services Consultant.

Their earlier work experience includes a role as a Technical Delivery Consultant at VoiteQ and a Senior Customer Services Representative at Aegon UK. They also started their career as a General Shop Assistant at Booths while studying.

Chris Pendlebury attended Highfield High School from 1998 to 2003. Afterward, from 2003 to 2006, they enrolled at Blackpool Sixth Form College. Chris has also obtained various certifications, including the FAQ Level 3 Award in Mental Health, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner, and Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).