Let us introduce you to N&P's Board members:
Gordon Horsfield - Chairman
Gordon was appointed a Director of N&P in 2006, and was appointed Chairman in April 2009.
Gordon is also Chairman of the Strategy Committee of the Ampleforth Abbey Trust and a Director of Turner & Townsend PLC, Shuropody Limited, MyScience Limited, The Holbeck Charitable Trust and the York Museums Trust Limited. He is a partner in Yearsleydale LLP.
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 Risk & Asset Liability and the Remuneration Committees and Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Matthew Bullock - Chief Executive
Matthew joined N&P in 1999, after 25 years in a number of major roles within the Barclays Group.
Matthew is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability and the Nominations 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
Mike joined N&P as Sales & Marketing Director in 2002. He has a wide-ranging marketing background in consumer services and products.
Mike is Chairman of Norwich and Peterborough Insurance Brokers Limited and a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee.
David Jervis
David joined N&P in 1990 from Barclays Bank and was appointed to the N&P Board in 2006. He has held a wide range of roles within the Society.
David is Chairman of Norwich and Peterborough (LBS) Ltd and a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee.
Jeffrey Pritchard
Jeffrey has been with N&P since 2000 and was appointed to the Board in October 2006.
Jeffrey is a Board member of Norwich and Peterborough (LBS) Ltd, and a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee.
Alan Brown
Alan is a retired banker with 40 years' experience in financial services.
Alan is Chairman of Banquo Credit Management LLP. 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
Bernie was appointed to the N&P Board in 2003. She has extensive experience of the retail sector at high street names such as Body Shop, Miss Selfridge, Burton Group and Gap.
Bernie is a member of the Nomination and Audit Committees, Chair of the Remuneration Committee, and she is a Director of the Richard House (Children's Hospice) Trading Board and Managing Director of Central Coffee Limited.
Christopher Ewbank
Christopher became a Director of N&P in 2007. He is a solicitor with 14 years' experience of investment banking with Schroders and then as Managing Director at Rothschilds, focusing on mergers, acquisitions and equity capital markets.
Christopher is a member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee and a Trustee of the Society's Pension and Life Assurance Scheme. He is Bursar of St. John's College, Cambridge 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, Lomas Developments Ltd, LM Tenancies Ltd and Aquivar Management Services Ltd.
Simon Loftus
Simon became a Director of N&P in 2007. He has been a Director of Adnams plc for 30 years and Chairman for 10 years, until his retirement in 2006. He remains a non-executive Director of the Brewery.
Simon sits on the Remuneration and Audit Committees, and is a member of the Council of Aldeburgh Music and a Director of 1st East.
Janet Turner QC
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, working in both the private and public sectors, and then worked for more than five years as legal counsel to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Since 2007, she has been head of the team at Taylor Vinters solicitors working for not-for-profit organisations.
Janet joined the N&P Board in 2007, and she is Chair of the Customer Service Review Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is also a Director of Alchemy (1480) Ltd and a trustee of Wothorpe Towers Preservation Trust.
Eric Stobart
Eric 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 30 years spent with the Lloyds TSB Group, from which he retired at the end of 2008. 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 Chairman of the N&P Audit Committee and member of the Risk & Asset Liability Committee.