Richard Meddings

Richard Henry Meddings (born 1958) is a British banker, and the executive chairman of TSB Bank.

Richard Meddings
Born
Richard Henry Meddings[1]

1958 (age 61–62)[2]
NationalityBritish
EducationExeter College, Oxford
OccupationBanker
TitleExecutive chairman, TSB Bank
Spouse(s)Married
Children3

Early life

Meddings was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.[2] He earned a degree in modern history from Exeter College, Oxford.[2][1]

Career

Meddings trained as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse.[2]

He was a board member of Standard Chartered for 11 years and its finance director for seven years, until January 2014, when the bank "stunned the City" by announcing his resignation.[3] He said it was "totally my decision to leave".[3]

In February 2018, Meddings succeeded Will Samuel as chairman of TSB Bank.[4] Following the resignation of CEO Paul Pester in September 2018 following an IT failure, Meddings, then non-executive chairman, became executive chairman until a new CEO could be found.[5]

Meddings is a non-executive board member of HM Treasury.[6]

Personal life

Meddings is married with three children, enjoys golf, cricket and football, and supports Wolverhampton Wanderers.[2]

References
  1. "Executive Profile: Richard Henry Meddings". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. "Richard Meddings: Goal is sight for banker on the run". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. Treanor, Jill (9 January 2014). "Standard Chartered: shock departure of finance director Richard Meddings". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "Current article". www.tsb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. Monaghan, Angela (4 September 2018). "TSB chief Paul Pester steps down after IT meltdown". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. "Richard Meddings - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.


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