Rachel Fairhurst

Rachel Fairhurst has over 20 years of experience in the credit risk and finance industry. Rachel is currently the VP of Credit Risk & Client Success at Bud, a position they have held since May 2023. Prior to this, they were the Head of Credit at Auden from January 2023 to April 2023.

From 2019 to 2022, Rachel worked at Credit Kudos as the Head Of Implementation & Credit Consultancy. Before that, they were a Strategic Consultant at Equifax UK from December 2017 to October 2019.

Rachel also has experience at Bank of America, where they held various roles including SVP, Head of Credit Risk Strategy, VP, Head of Collection Strategy, and Acquisition Strategy Manager. Rachel worked at Bank of America from 2004 to 2013.

Earlier in their career, Rachel worked as a Senior Portfolio Risk Manager at Future Williams & Glyn Team - RBS from 2015 to 2017, as well as a Risk Consultant and Owner at CHAUCER CREDIT RISK SERVICES LIMITED from 2013 to 2016.

Rachel began their career as a Graduate intake/Junior Scorecard Consultant at Equifax in 2000, and also worked as a Credit Risk Analyst at Co-op from 2002 to 2003.

Rachel Fairhurst attended Havant College from 1994 to 1996, where they studied Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, and Chemistry. Following their time at Havant College, they enrolled at The University of Sheffield, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Mathematics from 1997 to 2000. In 2010, Rachel obtained a Six Sigma Green Belt certification from the Bank of America.