Meet the team
Catherine Brown
Chairperson of the Board & Non-Executive Director *

Catherine Brown is an accomplished Non-Executive Director with expertise in strategy, governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance. She holds senior roles including Senior Independent Director and Chair of Committees at Metro Bank Holdings plc and QBE UK Ltd.

Monique Melis
Independent Non-Executive Director

Monique Melis has over 30 years of global experience in governance, culture, and regulatory compliance across Executive and Non-Executive roles. She has advised firms and regulators on regulatory projects, leading multi-jurisdictional teams across the UK, Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Channel Islands, and the Caribbean.

Mark Carawan
Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair of the Audit Committee

With an impressive background in financial services during his long career, Mark brings with him a wealth of global experience in governance, internal audit, risk management and regulatory compliance and ethics, and conduct.

Simon Walker
Non-Executive Director & Chief of the Board Risk Committee

Simon Walker is a Chartered Accountant with over 40 years of experience in financial services, specialising in governance and risk management. He spent 30 years as a partner at KPMG and has chaired multiple committees, including serving as Chair of H&T Group PLC and Chair of Risk at OSB Group plc the FTSE 250 bank.

Christopher Horne
Chief Executive Officer *

Christopher Horne, Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, brings over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, with deep expertise in strategy, management, corporate finance, governance and risk management.

Charlotte Bullock
Chief Product Officer

Charlotte has been with the Bank since its inception, bringing over a decade of financial services experience in commercial and product roles at industry leaders, Aon and SAP. Her unique blended expertise makes her a results-driven leader, deeply attuned to client needs, enabling her to develop impactful product strategies that drive growth.

Phil Knight
Group Chief Technology and Security Officer

Phil has over 25 years of experience as a business and technology senior leader across banking, fintech and consultancy, specialising in security, infrastructure, product management, agile software delivery practices and solution architecture and design.

Sunny Maker
Chief Operating Officer

A commercially astute leader with in-depth experience of scaling businesses, leading on transformation and managing critical third-party relationships, Sunny joined us from 10x Banking where he established and then led the operations and supplier management functions. While at 10x he was instrumental in driving growth, helping to deliver a rapid build from five people to more than 400 during his five-year tenure.

Vincent François
Chief Audit Officer

Vincent brings a strong record of over 20 years in credit risk and audit roles, most recently holding the position of Regional Group Chief Audit Executive at Société Générale where he led the audit function across all Group businesses.

Tam Holmes
Chief Commercial Officer

Tam has over 25 years experience in commercial and technology leader working in banking, fintech and consulting. With deep experience in banking technology, payments and client service Tam leads our commercial function and client relationships.

Sam Waite
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Sam joined The Bank of London from Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP where he worked in the Corporate practice. Acting as the trusted advisor to client principals and as the lead lawyer on a wide range of transactions, he focused on corporate governance matters, and private mergers and acquisitions across multiple sectors, in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

*subject to regulatory approval

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News and perspectives

Latest News

Tam Holmes, Chief Commercial Officer at Bank of London brings physics and payments in a series of blog posts. So, if you want to learn about spooky action at a distance and what on earth it has to do with payments, make sure you stay tuned!

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The appointment of Christopher Horne as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), marking an important step in its transformational journey under new ownership led by Mangrove Capital Partners.

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Bank of London is pleased to announce a series of new appointments to its UK Bank Board, reflecting its ongoing commitment to strong governance, thoughtful leadership, and sustainable growth within the financial services sector. All new appointments are subject to regulatory approval.

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By leveraging virtual accounts, EMIs and PIs can enhance security, streamline operations, and maintain robust regulatory compliance, all while optimising their financial management processes.

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Recent financial crises highlight the need for banking reforms. New models like narrow banks can reduce risks by separating deposits from loans. Innovations like The Bank of London focus on safety and simplicity.

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TBOL® AI has been initially developed to support the bank’s Developer Studio, which gives businesses access to one of most comprehensive, modern, and flexible API offerings for embedded banking in the UK. 

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