Cambridge Building Society appoints Chief Risk Officer

Cambridge Building Society has announced that it has appointed Sandhya Kawar as its new Chief Risk Officer and member of the board.

Kawar joined Cambridge Building Society in January this year as Lead in the Risk and Compliance department. Kawar also has a BSc from the London School Economics and an MSc from Warwick University, in Economics.

She started her career as an Economist at the Bank of England in 2004, where she was responsible for stress testing banks and building societies during the Global Financial Crisis. She has also worked as a risk consultant at Deloitte and within the Risk and Operations teams at M&G. She was most recently Head of Risk at Britain’s oldest private bank, C. Hoare & Co.

Chief Executive, Peter Burrows, said “We are delighted to welcome Sandhya to our Board. She brings a unique combination of strong technical capability combined with a mutual ethos and culture. I am confident she will make a real difference to our risk management capability, to the benefit of the Society and all its members.”

“Since joining The Cambridge Sandhya has further strengthened the risk management capabilities and resources of the Society, including overseeing our teaming with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Against Scams Partnership (CAPASP) a local scam prevention initiative aimed at raising awareness and sharing resources about scams and financial crime.”