Board of directors

Mike has a wealth of leadership, board and regulatory experience from both public and private companies. Mike is the Chairman of Openreach Limited and Together Financial Services Limited. He was also appointed to chair the Telegraph Media Group Limited in March 2024 and to chair the Men’s Professional Rugby Board in November 2024.

For over 20 years he has held various non-executive director roles in a range of regulated and unregulated industries whilst also spending eight years on the board of Ofcom and one year on the board of Postcomm.

Mike has held many chairships over the years, including chairing several UK and US public company boards.

He spent most of his executive career at Cable and Wireless, Philips, Motorola and GE.

Mike holds a BSc(Eng) honours degree in Electrical Engineering.

Committee membership: Nomination Committee (Chair) and Remuneration Committee.

Jonathan has extensive experience in financial services, having worked in the UK, US and Asia during his 25+year executive career. He currently chairs Citi Group’s largest global subsidiary CGML, Financial Markets Standard Board Limited and Litigation Capital Management Limited.

He spent the majority of his career at Bank of America where he became head of Bank of America's International businesses and subsequently European President of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and the CEO of Merrill Lynch International following the merger of the two companies. He was recently Group Chief Operating Officer at Barclays Plc.

Jonathan has served on key industry associations, including the International Swaps and Derivatives Association as Chair, Association for Financial Markets in Europe as director, and Capital Markets Senior Practitioners of the UK Financial Services Authority and the Global Financial Markets Association as member.

He has a first-class honours in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and was awarded a CBE in the 2014 Honours List for services to philanthropy.

Committee Membership: Board Risk Committee (Chair), Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Rakesh brings extensive technology and global markets experience, specifically in Asia-Pacific. He has served as a Non-Executive Director for a portfolio of companies in multiple sectors.

Rakesh was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Colt Technology Services, a Fidelity owned company providing network, voice and data centre services globally, Non-Executive Chair of KVH, an Asian-based technology company, and Non-Executive Chair of Market Prizm, a financial services focused technology company. He was also the Chair of CMC Networks, a Carlyle Group investment company based in Africa.

Rakesh has also previously held senior positions within AT&T, including Head of AT&T Asia-Pacific’s managed network services business, and President of AT&T Japan Limited and Senior Managing Director of Japan Telecom Company Limited.

Rakesh has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University.

Committee Membership: Sustainability Committee and Audit Committee.

Andrew is currently Chair of GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited, Chair of the N.M. Rothschild Pension Trust, and Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Shawbrook Group plc.

Andrew was previously Senior Independent Director of Charles Stanley Group plc, where he also served as Non-Executive Chair of its principal operating company Charles Stanley & Co. Limited. He was also a Non-Executive Director and Audit and Risk Committees Chair of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc and a Director of N.M. Rothchild & Sons Limited.

Andrew was a partner of KPMG from 1990 to 1997 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Upon leaving KPMG in 1997, he served as Group Finance Director of the worldwide Rothschild group for 16 years. From 2012 he has served as an Executive Vice Chair in the Rothschild group.

Andrew has a BA(Hons) in Business Studies (Finance).

Committee Membership: Audit Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Committee.

Wu Gang has a strong strategic and financial advisory background and a wealth of international experience gained from a career of over 25 years in investment banking in Asia and Europe.

Wu Gang held senior leadership positions at a number of leading China-based and global financial services firms including establishing and leading the London-based European investment banking team at CITIC CLSA Securities, the international investment banking platform of CITIC Securities. Prior to this, he led M&A and General Industrials client coverage groups at ICBC International. He also held senior level positions at Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and London. Wu Gang started his investment banking career at Goldman Sachs.

He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Tritax Big Box REIT plc and Ashurst LLP, where he also chairs the Risk Committee. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Laird plc.

He has an MBA from INSEAD, an MA from SOAS, and a BA from Fudan University.

Committee Membership: Nomination Committee and Board Risk Committee.

Sally-Ann has an extensive background in financial services and technology. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the International Division, and latterly as Group Operations and Technology Director of Willis Group, and has held a number of senior executive roles at Lloyds TSB.

Sally-Ann has been a Non-Executive Director of Shawbrook Group plc, Equiniti Group plc and The Co-operative Bank plc, serving as Chair or a member for a number of committees including Risk, Audit, Nomination and Remuneration.

She currently serves as the Chair of Clear Group and a Non-Executive Director of Lowell Group, where she chairs the Risk and Sustainability Committees. She is also a Trustee of Beyond Words, a UK charity.

Sally-Ann holds a BSc Civil Engineering from Loughborough University and an MBA from CASS Business School.

Committee Membership: Sustainability Committee (Chair), Board Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Susan is a commercial banker, industry consultant and corporate treasury professional with expertise in global financial markets, regulatory matters and strategic project management.

Susan is an Independent Director of IG US Holdings Inc. which has responsibility for our North America business. She is also Lead Director of Community Financial Systems, Inc, Independent Director of Tanger, Inc. in the US, and Falcon Group. She is Audit and Risk Committee Chair at Falcon Group and Audit Committee Chair at Tanger.

Susan previously served as Chair, CEO and President at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Non-Executive Director and Human Resources and Corporate Governance Chair at Royal Bank of Canada US Group, and Executive Board Member at Deutsche Bank USA and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company.

Susan is a Trustee of the Village of Saltaire.

Susan has an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University Stern School of Business and a BA in Economics from Hamilton College.

Committee Membership: Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee

Helen brings extensive marketing and digital experience from a range of industries, together with strong customer focus. Helen is an experienced Non-Executive Director with particular experience regarding remuneration matters, and currently chairs RM plc.

Helen was the Senior Independent Director of Reach plc, a Non-Executive Director of Skipton Building Society and served on the board of Kin and Carta where she was Remuneration Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director. Helen also served as the Chief Marketing Officer UK at Yell Group plc from 2006 to 2012 and, prior to this, Lloyds TSB Group Marketing Director. She started her career with Mars Inc where she spent 19 years, culminating in her role as European Marketing Director leading category strategy development across Europe.  She was also a member  the Henley Business School Strategy Board until March 2024.

Helen is a Governor of Wellington College.

Helen has a BA (Hons) Degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University.

Committee Membership: Remuneration Committee (Chair), Sustainability Committee and Nomination Committee.

Marieke is a strategic advisor, helping startups and institutions to innovate and scale.

She is a Senior Advisor for Giga, which is a partnership between the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She is also a Consultant for Sirius International Holding Limited, a subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC).

Marieke was CEO of NEAR Foundation, where she led the development of a public proof-of-stake blockchain ecosystem. She also served as CEO of Mettle, a digital bank owned by NatWest, and has had senior management roles at Circle, a stablecoin network, and Hotels.com. Marieke started her career as a financial analyst at LVMH before moving into strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group.

She has an MBA from London Business School and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Télécom Paris.

Committee Membership: None