Rick Haythornthwaite

Rick Haythornthwaite currently serves as Chairman of NatWest Group and Embedded Finance since September and March 2023, respectively. In addition, Haythornthwaite holds the position of Non Executive Director at The AA and Senior Advisor at Moelis & Company. Previous roles include Chairman of Ocado Group until December 2024, Chairman of Railsr until September 2023, and Non Executive Director at Globant until September 2023. Haythornthwaite co-founded QiO Technologies and served as its Chairman from January 2015 to September 2023, while also holding the role of Chairman of the Board at Arc until March 2023 and Chairman of the Board at Creative Industries Federation until October 2022. Academic qualifications include a Master's degree in Geology/Earth Science from the University of Oxford and a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology taken during 1990-1991.