Paragon Bank has appointed former Leeds Building Society Chief Executive Peter Hill as a non-executive director (NED).
Hill’s career spans holding the Leeds Building Society CEO role from 2011 until his retirement in 2019. He is currently a non-executive director and chairman of the risk committee for Pure Retirement Limited and is also the chairman of Mortgage Brain.
Peter will also immediately become a member of Paragon Banking Group’s risk and compliance committee and will take over the chair of the RCC on 31 December 2020 when current incumbent Finlay Williamson steps down.
Fiona Clutterbuck, Paragon Banking Group’s chairman said: “We are delighted to welcome Peter to the Board. His retail banking experience as a CEO of a large building society, together with his knowledge of the financial services sector more generally will be invaluable in his role, in due course, as chairman of Paragon’s risk committee.”
Peter Hill added: “I am delighted to be joining the Board and am looking forward to sharing my knowledge and experience to support Paragon’s strategy of continuing its development as a leading specialist bank.”
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.