Russell Saunders — CEO
Over 40 years experience working with global banks, market infrastructures, regulators and start-ups. Experienced Board Member and Chair of FI’s and Regulated Payments firms. Priority areas of interest are payments, financial crime prevention and socially purposed enterprises, all which require a Consumer Duty Champion, the role I hold within my Senior Independent Director accoutabilites at iFAST Global Bank. I am also proud to be the Chair of DDSL Ltd and our subsidiary Elseware Ltd. Previously served as the MD Global Payments and Transaction services at Lloyds Banking Group, SWIFT Board Director, NED Pay.UK. Chair of the UK Banks Faster Payments Implementation Committee; Member of the PSR’s Payments Strategy Forum, Chair of the Financial Crime Committee and Chair of BoE sponsored Strategic Review of Cash.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive leadership experience in payments and financial crime prevention.
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Experience: 46 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Fraud And Financial Crime
- Start-up Ventures
- Technology And Operations Transformation
Career Highlights
- Over 40 years of experience in financial services.
- Expert in payments and financial crime prevention.
- Leadership roles in multiple regulatory and banking organizations.
Work Experience
Serene
Advisory Board Member (0 mo)
Senior Advisor Board member (1 yr 3 mos)
Direct Debit Systems Limited- ElseWare
Chairperson of the Board (1 yr 5 mos)
ZORRZ Finance
Director (2 yrs)
CleverChain
Senior Strategy Advisor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Accenture UK
Advisor (3 yrs)
GSS
Senior Business Advisor (2 yrs 7 mos)
Stellar Omada
Business Advisor (3 yrs 6 mos)
iFAST Global Bank Limited
Senior Independent Director iFast Global Bank Ltd. (4 yrs 1 mo)
SWIFT UK
Non Executive Director (3 yrs 10 mos)
Bank of England
Senior Sponsors Body RTGS Renewal (2 yrs 7 mos)
Bank of England RTGS Renewal External Advisory Board (4 yrs 3 mos)
Oiyaa
Independent Director (4 yrs 7 mos)
Eversheds Sutherland
Chair of Industry Steering Group Wholesale Cash Review (9 mos)
UK Finance
Chair of Wholesale Cash Supply Chain Industry Steering Group (1 yr 11 mos)
Pay.UK
Non Executive Director (3 yrs 6 mos)
SWIFT
Non Executive Director of SWIFT SCRL (5 yrs 10 mos)
Chairman of the SWIFT NMG Ltd. (7 yrs 2 mos)
Payment Systems Regulator
Non Executive Payments Strategy Forum (3 yrs)
UK Payments Administration Ltd.
Chair (6 yrs 10 mos)
Payment Council
Non Executive Director (8 yrs 4 mos)
Lloyds Banking Group
Managing Director (41 yrs 7 mos)
Education
Executive Development at Ashridge
Board Skills at NED on Board
Executive Leadership at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
ACIB at University of Brighton
