John Hooper

John was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director in January 2020 and brings over 35 years of banking, finance, and risk experience to Together Personal Finance. He is currently Chairman of The Cumberland Building Society and former chair of the Society’s Risk Committee and is also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board Risk Committee of VTB Capital Plc.

Previously, John was Chief Operating Officer of Clydesdale Bank and a Member of the National Australia Group Europe Board, together with Clydesdale Bank. He also held a number of senior executive roles at National Australia Bank (‘NAB’), including being a Member of the Group Executive Committee and CEO of nabCapital, NAB’s global wholesale banking business.

John graduated from The London School of Economics and has a Master’s degree from the University of York.