United Trust Bank has a highly experienced board of directors who are responsible for the growth and development of our business.
Chairman
Nicholas Clegg, 75, was previously a Director of Hill Samuel & Co Ltd, Co-Chairman of Daiwa Europe Ltd and Chairman of Daiwa Europe Bank plc. He has served as a Director of the International Primary Markets Association and a senior adviser to the Bank of England on banking supervision. As well as other appointments he also served as a member of the supervisory board of Bank Insinger de Beaufort NV and a Director of Insinger de Beaufort Holdings.
Chief Executive Officer
Graham Davin, 56, is the principal stakeholder of United Trust Bank. He was a founding partner of the Insinger de Beaufort Group and a Director of its listed parent and its Dutch bank. He was previously Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Finance of Investec Bank and a main board Director of Investec for 16 years.
Executive Director
Roger Tidyman, 62, is a Managing Director of United Trust Bank. He is a chartered banker and was previously Head of Banking and Director of BHF-Bank AG’s London business, following senior positions in Kleinwort Benson and HSBC Investment Bank.
Executive Director
Harley Kagan, 42, is a Managing Director of United Trust Bank and a chartered accountant. He was previously the Finance Director of the UK operations of Insinger de Beaufort. He has worked extensively in corporate finance, concentrating on acquisitions and disposals, and as a strategy consultant with Cap Gemini.
Executive Director
Noel Meredith, 56, is a career banker. He joined Midland Bank after graduating from Cambridge University. He was previously at County Bank and Svenska Handelsbanken and has been at United Trust Bank for 12 years. He has extensive experience in corporate and property lending and heads our Development Finance team.
Non-Executive Director
Ehsan Mani, 67, is currently a Director of Places for People Group and has been involved in real estate projects and investments in the United Kingdom for many years. He is a chartered accountant, a past President of the International Cricket Council and previously served as a Director of the United National Bank. He has also been a member of the Pakistan Government’s Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission and of the Advisory Body of the Task Force for Human Development.
Non-Executive Director
Barry Townsley, 65, is Chairman of Hobart Capital Markets, the principal sponsor of the Stockley Academy, Director of the William J. Clinton Foundation Insamlingsstiftelse, Vice Chairman of the Serpentine Gallery, Chairman of the Patrons of Sheffield Institute Foundation for Motor Neurone Disease and a Patron of the Trinity Hospice.
Non-Executive Director
Andrew Herd, 53, is the Managing Director of Lancashire Court Capital Limited, a London-based investment and consultancy business. He was previously an Executive Director of Aspers Group, the Anglo-Australian leisure and entertainment company. He is a chartered accountant and worked as a merchant banker for many years as Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions at SG Hambros and in senior roles with Paribas Capital Markets and Morgan Grenfell.
Non–Executive Director
Michael Lewis, 53, has been involved in investment management since 1983, having worked at Ivory & Sime and Lombard Odier. He is Chairman of Oceana Investment Corporation Limited (UK), Executive Partner of Oceana Investment Partners (UK), and a director of The Foschini Group Limited (South Africa), Axel Springer AG (Germany), Histogenics Inc. (USA), Cheyne Capital Management Limited (UK) and Strandbags Limited (Australia).