VocaLink Board Members
Sir John Gieve
Chairman of VocaLink
Sir John joined VocaLink as Chairman in July 2009. With
more than thirty years experience of the financial sector, both in
the UK and internationally Sir John is leading the VocaLink board
of directors to drive the company's continued growth in Europe and
beyond.
Sir John was previously Deputy Governor for Financial Stability
at the Bank of England where he was a member of the Monetary Policy
Committee and sat on the board of the Financial Services
Association.
He has a deep knowledge of public policy in the UK and
internationally. He has held some of the most senior positions in
the UK Treasury and other parts of government and led the delivery
of many initiatives in the financial services sector.
Richard Hooper CBE
Senior Non-executive Independent Director
Richard joined VocaLink's board in 2008. He has spent his
working life in the converging worlds of media, communications and
technology. Richard began at the BBC then left to run a
Government R&D programme on computer assisted learning.
In 1978 he moved to the private sector. Richard spent six years
at BT during which he oversaw the transformation of Yellow Pages
and the launch of Prestel. Since 1988 he has built a
portfolio of interests across the public and private sectors.
From 1990-2003 he was a member, then chairman, of the Radio
Authority. He joined Ofcom when the Radio Authority's role was
merged with Ofcom. He was the founding Deputy Chairman of Ofcom and
Chairman of the Content Board from 2003-2006.
In 2008, the Secretary of State for Business appointed Richard
to chair the independent review of postal services.
In 2010 the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport
appointed Richard as Chair of the Selection Panel for the
Independently Funded News Consortia in Wales, Scotland and northern
England. Richard is also Senior Independent Director on the
Board of Yell Group plc.
Angus MacLennan
Senior Non-executive Independent Director
Angus joined VocaLink's board as a senior independent director
in 2010. He is an experienced banker having spent over 30 years' in
the City of London and in financial centres around the world.
Angus has broad sector experience ranging from credit and risk
through to managing governance projects and leading corporate
strategy initiatives in financial services institutions. Throughout
his career, Angus has had a strong focus on business
development.
Prior to taking up his position on the VocaLink board, Angus was
CEO, Merchant Banking Fortis Bank Group. In this role, he managed a
total portfolio of €90 billion and teams across 23 countries.
Angus' other current appointments include : Chairman, Institute of
Risk Standards & Qualifications (iRSQ); Chairman, An
Teallach Energy Co Ltd; Non-executive director to ABC International
Bank plc; Senior Advisor to the Board, The Isle of Harris
Distillery Company; Senior Advisor to the Board, Nordic Aviation
Capital A/S; and Vice Chairman, The Eve Appeal.
Angus is a Freeman of the City of London and Freeman of the
Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Marcelino Castrillo
Managing Director, Products and Marketing, Santander
Marcelino has been actively involved in investment, corporate,
commercial and business banking for over 12 years. He joined
Santander in 2006 as Director of Mass Market at Banca Comercial
España. In 2008, Marcelino located to the UK and was subsequently
appointed Managing Director, Products and Marketing for the
Santander UK Corporate Banking operation.
Prior to joining Santander, Marcelino worked for 8 years as a
strategy consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. He has an MBA,
specialising in corporate finance, from MIT Sloan School of
Management.
Jim Coyle
Divisional Finance Director, Group Operations, Lloyds Banking
Jim is a highly effective leader and experienced Finance
Director with a strong track record of delivery over a long period
in the Banking industry.
Jim joined Bank of Scotland from BP in 1991. He became quickly
involved in a variety of projects including the acquisition of
BankWest. Jim spent six months in Australia doing due
diligence to complete the acquisition. In 1999 was promoted to
group chief accountant of BOS and he helped complete the merger
with Halifax.
In 2001, following the completion of the merger with Halifax,
Jim was appointed Director Group Finance of the wider HBOS Group.
Among his achievements he was project sponsor for the HBOS IFRS
implementation and leader on the Basel 2 Project.
Jim is a chartered accountant and holds a degree in law and
accountancy from Glasgow University. He is a Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a member of the
Financial Reporting Council's Financial Reporting Review Panel.
Richard Hemsley
Chief Operating Officer, Global Transaction Services
Richard joined NatWest Bank in 1983 where he undertook a wide
variety of roles in retail banking, corporate banking and head
office functions.
In 2000 he became head of lending operations. In 2005 he became
Managing Director, Manufacturing Operations, where he had
responsibility for around 17,500 people and a cost base of £850
million. During this time he was a driving force for customer
service improvement and delivered a 30% improvement in
productivity.
In February 2008, following the acquisition of ABN AMRO Richard
was appointed Chief Operating Officer.
Richard is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in
Scotland. He has completed the Advanced Management Programme at
Harvard Business School and is a member of Payments Council
Board.
Carole Machell
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Corporate
Carole Machell assumed her position as Chief Operating Officer
for Barclays Corporate in January 2010. Previously she was
Head of Operations at Barclays Capital, based in London.
Ms. Machell joined Barclays Capital in 2006 from JPMorgan where
she ran shared Technology and Operations, as well as being head of
the Bournemouth-based global technology and operational
hub. Ms. Machell is a member of the Operating Committee
of Barclays Capital.
During her career at JPMorgan she had responsibility for the
investment bank's operational groups in Europe and led a number of
offshoring and nearshoring initiatives.
From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Machell was Managing Director of OMLX,
the Swedish Derivatives Exchange. Prior to this, she worked in
Product Control at Merrill Lynch.
Ms. Machell has degrees in Classical Studies and Law from
Bristol University and Lancaster Gate. She qualified as a
chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in 1991.
Andrew Slough
Payments Industry Director, HSBC
Andrew joined Midland Bank in 1983 after leaving university and
spent his first few years in the branch network in London.
He joined Cards in 1985 initially working on the Bank's first
EFTPOS initiative and then spent a period on secondment to the
national EFTPOS project, returning to the Bank in the late
1980s. Andrew assumed responsibility for product development
in merchant acquiring during the period of Midland Bank's entry
into that business in its own right.
In the early 1990s, Andrew took responsibility for payment
system management for the Cards business as a whole, which included
the relationship management of all card schemes and management of
regulatory issues. His final role in UK Cards at that time
was as Head of Product Development.
Between 1995 and 1999, Andrew was seconded to HSBC USA in
Buffalo, New York. Initially he was responsible for strategic
development, including the launch of debit cards. Andrew then
assumed responsibility for the Cards business in total, including
credit, debit and merchant acquiring. Andrew returned to
London in 2000 where he was responsible for business development
within HSBC's Global Card Unit embracing the execution of various
strategic initiatives around the Group, like e-payments and
Chip.
In January 2004 Andrew assumed responsibility for business
development within European Cards. Between 2005 and 2009 he
was responsible for the commercial banking aspects of cards,
heading first the Acquiring and then the Commercial Card issuing
businesses. In 2010 he assumed responsibility for the
Payments Industry Team within HSBC.
Andrew went to school in London and then university in Bath
where he received his degree in Economics. He is married with
two children.
Paul Horlock
Head of Payments and Banking Operations, Nationwide Building Society
Paul is responsible for all Payment and Banking processes across
the Nationwide group. This includes : all low and high value
electronic payment transactions, paper transactions, cash and cards
along with key account transfer and maintenance activity.
He is also the accountable executive for all key payment
projects across Nationwide covering PSD 2012, integration with the
group's new operating systems and the development and delivery of
the future strategic payments infrastructure.
Prior to joining in Nationwide in 2010, Paul spent 9 years with
Barclays where his last position was Head of Global Processing with
direct responsibility for operations in the UK, US and
India.
Prior to joining Barclays, Paul worked for the Prudential
Assurance Company and spent time working in the Lloyds of London
insurance environment.