Stuart Haire

Group Chief Executive
Skipton Group

Stuart is a seasoned executive in financial services having held senior leadership (SMF) positions in two of the UK’s leading financial institutions and now as Group CEO at Skipton Group. Skipton group includes Skipton Building Society and Connells Group, Europe’s largest Property Services organisation.  Stuart has held board member roles in FS subsidiaries, with exposure to asset management, insurance, advisory, retail and commercial banking.  Previously, Stuart was Group General Manager and CEO for HSBC’s Personal and Private Banking businesses in the UK. This included SMR responsibility for HSBC UK, UK Private Bank, First Direct, M&S Bank and John Lewis Financial Services. Stuart sat on the M&S Bank Board. Prior to this Stuart was leader of the Direct Bank for personal and SME customers of NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank. The Direct Bank was made up of Digital (proposition development, online & mobile banking), Digital Support (social media, webchat, communities and support centre) and Service Centre’s (telephony sales and service centres). Additionally, Stuart had responsibility for designing the future of the Retail Bank franchise and sponsoring customer-led innovation. Previous roles in FS included executive responsibility for Credit & Operational Risk (as CRO), Compliance, Product & Commercial Performance, Strategy, Capital Management and Treasury.

Stuart has a First Class Degree from The University of Glasgow in Physics and Electronic Engineering followed by a short time at the European Space Agency. From a personal perspective Stuart is married and living in Edinburgh with his wife Fiona and their sons Ethan and Gregor. He has a passion for financial inclusion and financial education and has used roles within FS to further these causes.

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