Directorate change

Nationwide Building Society

01 September 2026

 

Nationwide Building Society

1 September 2026

Nationwide Building Society (Nationwide), Virgin Money UK Limited (Virgin Money) and Clydesdale Bank Limited (Clydesdale Bank) Board Changes

Nationwide Building Society announces the appointment of Simon McNamara as a Non-Executive Director of Nationwide, Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank Boards with effect from 1 September 2026.

Simon McNamara's biography is set out below. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Computacenter, having joined their Board in January 2025 and was previously Group Chief Administration Officer at NatWest Group for ten years.

Biographical information

Simon McNamara is an experienced non-executive director and former FTSE 100 C-suite executive, with over 40 years leadership experience spanning technology and global operations within financial services. He has a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation, operational improvement and innovation in complex regulated organisations. He is currently an independent non-executive director at Computacenter. He was previously Chief Administrative Officer at NatWest Group, where he led transformation across technology and services and oversaw more than 30,000 employees across the UK, EMEA and India. Prior to this, he was Chief Information Officer of Standard Chartered Bank's Consumer Banking division, responsible for technology and operations strategy.

Mike Rogers, Group Chair, remarked:

"Simon brings significant technology leadership experience and deep financial services expertise, alongside senior level experience of operating within the UK Retail and Commercial Banking sector. His appointment strengthens the Board's expertise as his experience is directly relevant to the Board's agenda providing additional perspective across technology, operations, transformation and financial services. On behalf of the Board, I look forward to working with Simon".

Announcement authorised for release by Jason Wright, Group Society Secretary.

For further information, please contact:

Investors and Analysts
Vikas Sidhu	[e-mail]
Company Secretary
Jason Wright	[e-mail]
Media Relations
Sara Batchelor	[e-mail]

About Nationwide

Nationwide is the world's largest building society, with over 19 million members. Following its acquisition of Virgin Money, The Nationwide Group is connected with one in three people in the UK and is the second largest provider of mortgages and retail deposits. It is also a major provider of current accounts, credit cards, personal loans and business banking. Customers can choose to manage their finances in a branch, via mobile app, the internet, telephone, and post. Nationwide has around 25,000 employees and its head office is in Swindon, UK.

As a financial services provider owned by its members, not shareholders, Nationwide's purpose is "Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society". Each year, it gives 1% of its profits before tax to good causes. See About Us | Nationwide.

 

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