John Sievwright

John Sievwright joined the Revolut Board in July 2021. He had a 20 year career with Merrill Lynch holding global leadership positions, latterly Chief Operating Officer - International. He earlier worked in finance and accounting roles at Bankers Trust and Bank of Tokyo International, having begun his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. While at Merrill Lynch he was President of the Futures Industry Association. Mr Sievwright has been a Director of Burford Capital since May 2020 and serves on its Audit and Compensation Committees. He is a former senior independent director (SID) and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee at ICAP plc (later NEX Group) and former SID and Chairman of the Audit Committee of FirstGroup plc. He has an MA in Accountancy and Economics from the University of Aberdeen.