UK Finance makes three board appointments

UK Finance has announced three new appointments to the UK Finance board.

Erin Platts, Head of EMEA and President of UK Branch, Silicon Valley Bank; Ian Stuart, CEO of HSBC Bank UK and David Soanes, UK Country Head of UBS Group, have joined the Board.

Joe Garner from Nationwide and Beatriz Martín Jiménez from UBS had previously stepped down from the board in May

Representing around 300 firms, UK Finance is the collective voice for the banking and finance industry acting to enhance competitiveness, support customers and facilitate innovation. It offers research, policy expertise and advocacy as well as operational and project implementation to enhance members’ own services where collective activity across the industry is appropriate. The board, which is led by UK Finance Chair Bob Wigley, has been developed to ensure senior and fair representation across the industry.