joined the Society's Board in March 2006, and was appointed Chairman in April 2009.
He is Chairman of Partnerships (UK) plc, Chairman of the Strategy Committee of the Ampleforth Abbey Trust and a Director of Turner & Townsend PLC, Shuropody Limited and the York Museums Trust Limited.
Gordon was Chairman of Drax Group PLC until April 2008, having led it to a listing on the London Stock Exchange in December 2005. Previously he was Head of Corporate Recovery and Finance at Price Waterhouse UK and following its merger with Coopers and Lybrand, he was Director of Operations of the combined firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Gordon is a member of the Remuneration Committee and Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Matthew Bullock
is the Society’s Chief Executive. He joined the Society in February 1999, following a wide-ranging and successful career spanning 25 years with the Barclays Group, and was appointed to the Society’s Board three months later.
Matthew is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability and Nomination Committees and a Trustee of the Society’s Pension and Life Assurance Scheme. He is a Director of Norwich and Peterborough Insurance Brokers Ltd, Norwich and Peterborough (LBS) Ltd, The Automation Partnership Group plc, Opportunity Peterborough and a Trustee of International House.
Mike Hounsell
Joined the Society as Sales & Marketing Director in August 2002.
He has a strong marketing background in consumer services and products.
Mike is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and Chairman of Norwich and Peterborough Insurance Brokers Limited. He is a Director of East Anglia Children’s Hospices and Stable Trading Limited.
David Jervis
Joined the Society in 1990 from Barclays Bank and was appointed to the Society’s Board in August 2006. He has held a wide range of roles throughout the Society.
David is Chairman of Norwich and Peterborough (LBS) Ltd and is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee.
Jeffrey Pritchard
Joined the Society in 2000 and was appointed to the Society’s Board in October 2006.
Jeffrey is a Board member of Norwich and Peterborough (LBS) Ltd, a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and a Trustee of the Society’s Pension and Life Assurance Scheme.
Richard Wells
Joined the Society in 1997 and was appointed to the Society’s Board in October 2006.
Richard is a Board member of a number of the Society’s subsidiary companies, a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and a Trustee of the Society’s Pension and Life Assurance Scheme. He is a Director of Renewables East.
Alan Brown
was appointed to the Society’s Board in October 2004.
He is a retired banker with 40 years’ experience in financial services.
Alan is Chairman of Banquo Credit Management LLP and a member of the Banking Code Standards Board Review Panel. During a distinguished career with Barclays, Alan was latterly a member of the Group Executive with overall responsibility for risk management, including credit, market and operating risk, compliance and internal audit.
Alan is the Senior Independent Director, Chairman of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
Bernie Foster
Joined the Society’s Board of Directors on 1st December 2003.
Bernie has extensive experience gathered in the retail sector at high street names such as Body Shop, Miss Selfridge, Burton Group and Gap.
She is a Director of the Richard House (Childrens’ Hospice) Trading Board and Managing Director of Central Coffee Limited.
Bernie is a member of the Nomination and Audit Committees and Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Christopher Ewbank
was appointed a Director of the Society in April 2007.
Chris qualified as a solicitor in 1988 and worked for 14 years in investment banking with Schroders and then Rothschilds, focussing on mergers, acquisitions and equity capital markets, latterly as Managing Director and Head of Utilities & Natural Resources - Asia.
He is Bursar of St. John’s College and a Director of St John’s Enterprises Ltd, St John’s Park Management Company Ltd, Aquila Investments Ltd, RLW Estates Ltd, Saffron Walden Estates Ltd, Eaglet Ltd, LM Tenancies Ltd and Aquivar Ltd.
Christopher is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and a Trustee of the Society’s Pension and Life Assurance Scheme.
Simon Loftus
was appointed a Director of the Society in April 2007.
Simon has been a Director of Adnams plc for 30 years and Chairman for 10 years, until his retirement in August 2006.
He remains a non-executive Director of the Brewery.
Simon is a member of the Council of Aldeburgh Music and a Director of 1st East.
Simon is a member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Janet Turner QC
joined the Society’s Board in April 2007.
Janet was admitted to the Bar in 1979 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1996.
She has over 25 years experience as a commercial lawyer.
In 1999, Janet became a legal risk management consultant, spanning the private and public sectors, and then worked for more than 5 years as legal counsel to the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service.
Since March 2007, she has been Head of the team at Taylor Vinters solicitors working for Not For Profit organisations.
She is a Director of Alchemy (1480) Ltd and a trustee of Wothorpe Towers Preservation Trust.
Janet is Chair of the Customer Service Review Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
Eric Stobart
was appointed a Director of the Society in March 2009.
He is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA from London Business School. He has had a long career in financial services, with over thirty years spent with the Lloyds TSB Group, from which he retired at the end of 2008. Following his retirement he has become a Director of the Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation, which acts as an independent trustee for a broad range of mid-size and large pension schemes.
Eric is also a non-executive director of a number of publicly quoted and unquoted financial services companies, where in several cases he chairs the audit committee.
Eric is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
