Dean Waddingham
Employer Nominated Director
Dean was appointed as an Employer Nominated Director in 2022.
Prior to this, he enjoyed a 44-year career in financial services, most recently on the board of Hinckley & Rugby Building Society as Chief Customer Officer.
His responsibilities included all aspects of product design and development, retail distribution, operations, information systems, cyber security and operational resilience, supporting the delivery of consistent, high quality customer experiences.
He has held board-level roles across many areas of retail financial services, including deposit taking, lending, asset management, trusts, general and life insurance, working for multiple plc and mutual organisations. His governance responsibilities have included asset management and associated investment performance. He has also previously served as a trustee of a staff pension scheme.
Dean is a Non-executive Director of The Benenden Healthcare Society and Benenden Wellbeing Ltd, and a Trustee Director of the Open Thinking Partnership.
He is a Chartered Director, being a Fellow of The Institute of Directors, a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Banking and a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has an MBA from Henley Management College.
His professional development in recent years has included a focus on strategic risks and opportunities within the evolving technological environment, including courses at Harvard, Said Business School and INSEAD.