Alan Hughes

Alan chairs the Board, the Board Risk Committee, and the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Alan spent 35 years at HSBC rising to its UK/EU executive board as General Manager with responsibility for all products, service, pricing, and marketing. He was Chief Executive of First Direct Bank, ran significant subsidiaries of HSBC and was a main board director of its commercial asset finance group. He was responsible for commercial invoice finance throughout HSBC Group.

Alan has taught banking and was a visiting lecturer at Warwick University (voted MBA teacher of the year four times) and at Oxford University Saïd Business School. He has served as Deputy Chair of Council and Pro-Chancellor at Loughborough University, member of HM Government Cabinet Office Delivery Council and a Director of the UK Passport Agency as well as at other banking and financial companies.

Alan serves as Chairman of Equals Group plc (AIM listed) and is a Director and Chair Designate of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK plc (formerly Hitachi Capital UK plc).

He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and holds an MBA from Henley Management College.