Lucy Williams

Lucy is the Executive Committee member and Head of Regulatory Compliance for HSBC UK Bank, responsible for overseeing the commercial, retail, wealth and private banking operations of HSBC in the UK. In that role, she was the first senior executive to relocate from London to Birmingham in 2015, ahead of the opening of the bank’s new head office there. She still lives locally with her family and is a strong advocate for the region.

Lucy joined HSBC in June 2013 from Prudential plc where she was the Director of Group Compliance. Prior to that, she was Head of Compliance at Aviva Life UK. Her earlier career included a range of roles over some years at the Financial Services Authority, in the Markets Division and Retail Supervision, and managing ABN AMRO’s Government Affairs team in Brussels.

She has been a Trustee of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra since May 2016 and serves on their audit and finance committee. She is an outgoing Trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics, having served on its Board since 2015.

Lucy has been a committed attendee at the RSC since childhood – something she now passionately shares with her own family – and has been a Full Member since 2013 and an Associate Member from 2005.

Lucy is joining the RSC Board, having been a governor since 2017. She will also serve on the Audit Committee.