Executive Directors
 

J Eric Daniels: Group Chief Executive    

Joined the board in 2001 as group executive director, UK retail banking before his appointment as group chief executive in June 2003. Served with Citibank from 1975 and held a number of senior and general management appointments in the USA, South America and Europe before becoming chief operating officer of Citibank Consumer Bank in 1998. Following the Citibank/Travelers merger in 1998, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Travelers Life and Annuity until 2000. Chairman and chief executive officer of Zona Financiera from 2000 to 2001. A non-executive director of BT Group. Aged 58.

Archie G Kane: Group Executive Director, Insurance
(Board Representative for Scotland)   

Joined the group in 1986 and held a number of senior and general management appointments before being appointed to the board in 2000, as group executive director, IT and operations. Appointed group executive director, insurance and investments in October 2003. After some 10 years in the accountancy profession, joined General Telephone & Electronics Corporation in 1980, serving as finance director in the UK from 1983 to 1985. Chairman of the Association of British Insurers and a member of The Takeover Panel. Aged 57.

 G Truett Tate: Group Executive Director, Wholesale   

Joined the group in 2003 as managing director, corporate banking before being appointed to the board in 2004. Served with Citigroup from 1972 to 1999, where he held a number of senior and general management appointments in the USA, South America, Asia and Europe. He was president and chief executive officer of eCharge Corporation from 1999 to 2001 and co-founder and vice chairman of the board of Chase Cost Management Inc from 1996 to 2003. A non-executive director of BritishAmerican Business Inc. Chairman of Arora holdings and a director of Business in the Community and a director and trustee of In Kind Direct. Aged 59.

Tim J W Tookey: Group Finance Director  

Joined the group in 2006 as deputy group finance director, before being appointed acting group finance director in April 2008. Appointed to the board in October 2008 as group finance director. Previously finance director for the UK and Europe at Prudential from 2002 to 2006 and group finance director of Heath Lambert Group from 1996 to 2002. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at KPMG. Aged 47.

Helen A Weir CBE: Group Executive Director, Retail

Joined the board in 2004 as group finance director. Appointed as group executive director, UK retail banking in April 2008.  Group finance director of Kingfisher from 2000 to 2004. Previously finance director of B&Q, having joined that company in 1995, from McKinsey & Co where she was a senior manager. Began her career at Unilever. Member of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel and the Said Business School Advisory Board. Chair of the British Bankers' Association Retail Committee. A former member of the Accounting Standards Board. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Aged 47.