David Bennett is a Non-Executive Director with over 30 years’ experience in financial services having held a range of senior executive positions in retail banking both in the UK and overseas, including the USA and Australia.

He was a Director of Alliance and Leicester plc between 2001 and 2008 serving as Group Finance Director and then Group Chief Executive until its sale to Santander in 2008. He has also held a number of executive positions in Abbey National plc, Cheltenham & Gloucester plc, Lloyds TSB Group and the National Bank of New Zealand.

David is currently Chair of Virgin Money UK plc, Non-Executive Director of Nationwide Building Society, Chair of Allfunds Group Plc and Chair of PayPal UK Ltd and PayPal Digital Currencies. Previous appointments include Chair of Audit & Risk Committee of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., Chair of Ashmore plc, Chair of HomeServe Membership Ltd and Non-Executive Director at Bank of Ireland UK, Together Money and easyJet plc. David also acts as an adviser to Fintech businesses and is an independent coach and mentor.