Simon was appointed Chair of the board in May 2020, having previously helped to found the bank in 2010 under our original name Scoban. Simon is also a senior independent director at STV Group plc and Chair of Bankers Investment Trust. He has previously served as a non-executive director with Adam & Company, non-executive chair at BlackRock North American Income, executive chair of Dunedin Capital, and as chair of Brewin Dolphin. Simon is a Barrister and read law at Cambridge University.

Finlay joined the Board in May 2020 as a non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee. A qualified Chartered Account, Finlay was formerly Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Money plc and a former divisional finance director, head of internal audit and head of mergers and acquisitions at RBS Group. Finlay was also an independent non-executive director, Chair of the Risk & Compliance Committee and member of the Audit Committee at Paragon Bank plc.

Caroline joined the Board in February 2021 as Non-Executive Director. She is Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee and is also the Whistleblowing Champion. She has more than 25 years’ global executive experience gained in the financial services sector with a background in investment management, including global markets, regulation, and risk management. She has been a non-executive director for 12 years and is also on the boards of RBC Brewin Dolphin and RBC Europe Ltd where she is chair of the Human Resources Committee and Whistleblowing Champion.

David joined the Board in October 2020 as Non-Executive Director and is Chairman of the Risk Committee. A qualified Actuary, David is currently a non-executive director of Fidelity Platform Services Ltd and was previously Chair of Scottish Friendly, Fidelity Life Insurance Ltd and Fidelity Life Insurance (Ireland) DAC. His former corporate roles include MD of Pearl Life Ltd, CEO of Scottish Re Ltd and CEO of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia.

Kaushalya Somasundaram joined the Board of Hampden & Co as Non-executive Director in April 2023 and brings deep experience at the intersection of banking, FinTech and regulation. Much of her executive career was at HSBC where she was most recently Managing Director, Global Head of Fintech Partnerships and Strategy. Kaushalya comes from an accounting background, having worked on audits for the likes of Westpac, UBS and HSBC and holds an MBA. She also serves as a NED with Singer Capital Markets.

Angus joined the Board of Hampden & Co in October 2021. He is also chair of Noble & Co and the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC and a non-executive director of the Schroder Japan Trust PLC. He co-chaired the Scottish Investor Panel with the First Minister and is a member of the Scottish Government’s Financial Services Growth & Development Advisory Board. Before joining Noble in 2006, Angus began his career with Lazard Brothers and held senior roles at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and Singapore, latterly as Head of Capital Markets and Financing for the Asian region.

Tracey is Chief Executive Officer at Hampden & Co. She joined the Bank in 2024 from Handelsbanken Plc where she was Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Jonathan joined Hampden & Co in 2022 from Standard Bank International where he spent more than six years as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director for the banking and wealth management businesses with responsibility for £6bn of client deposits and £2.5bn of AUM.