Meet the team
It's not just your clients who benefit from the building of solid relationships. Ours do too.
Meet the members of our team who specialise in supporting business professionals like you every day. Even better, give your area representative a call today to discuss your specific business needs and find out what we can do for you.
England and Wales
Richard Harris
Director of Regulated Entities – England and Wales
In the last 19 years I have worked for both Halifax and Bank of Scotland, in roles ranging from Area Manager within the Halifax retail branch network to National Sales Manager for Bank of Scotland Business Banking. I obtained a postgraduate qualification in Business and Management from Durham University in 2008 and now work in the Specialist Banking team.
- Location: England and Wales
- Phone: 07770 824809
Chris Lingley
Legal sector only
During my 15 years with HBOS I have been a member of both the Retail Banking and Business Development teams, specialising in each case in the commercial sector. I am currently a member of the Regulated Entities team within Specialist Banking, where my focus is on advising legal professionals.
- Location: North and Midlands
- Phone: 07789 650555
Ian Gilroy
Legal sector only
Having joined Halifax Building Society as a cashier 22 years ago, I worked my way up through the organisation to become manager of a number of London branches. Following my move to Bank of Scotland Business Banking in 2001, I advised legal sector clients as part of the Professionals team. Now I'm part of the Regulated Entities team within Specialist Banking, where I work exclusively with Legal 500 firms based in England and Wales.
- Location: South of England
- Phone: 07789 650550
Terry Byrne
More than 30 years experience of working in banking across the retail, commercial and corporate sectors has given me a huge breadth and depth of specialist knowledge. I put this to use now as a member of the Regulated Entities team within Specialist Banking, where I have worked for the last five years.
- Location: North and East Midlands
- Phone: 07789 273257
George Davies
Eight years experience within the corporate and business banking sectors has given me a wealth of intermediary market knowledge to draw upon in my work as Relationship Manager and Business Development Manager. I specialise in advising insolvency practitioners, stockbrokers, pension funds, property managers and other Regulated Entities.
- Location: South West, West Midlands and Wales
- Phone: 07919 690159
Mark Hoskins
My career in banking and financial services spans some 21 years, 15 of which have been spent with HBOS. My various roles over the years included Financial Adviser for Halifax Financial Services, and in 2005 I took the opportunity to move to the Professionals team, where I advised solicitors based in London and the South East. Following a spell working in the Corporate Banking Deposit team, I now focus on assisting regulated sector businesses as part of the Specialist Banking team.
- Location: London
- Phone: 07767 346688
David Parish
My 30 years experience with HBOS has included roles within the Corporate Employee Share Schemes, Group Treasury and Worksite teams. As part of my Worksite remit, I liaised with government and the FSA on the National Strategy for Financial Capability. I now advise stockbrokers and wealth managers as a member of the Specialist Banking team.
- Location: London
- Phone: 07770 643833
Tony Kenefeck
My career in banking spans some 34 years, during which time I have managed several Halifax branches in the Solent area and been a longstanding member of the Bank of Scotland Corporate Deposit team. Having initially dealt with both large and small businesses in this role, I have focused in recent years on advising those businesses in the professional sector that need help managing client accounts.
- Location: Central Southern England
- Phone: 07717 700263
Sam Shepherd
In the course of my 36 years with Bank of Scotland, I have occupied numerous roles, most recently specialising in helping businesses that hold funds on behalf of clients. As a Chartered Banker, I especially enjoy the challenge of working with customers to ensure that the systems, procedures and products we put in place are the best to help them meet their goals.
- Location: South East
- Phone: 07970 566686
Scotland
Neil Quinn
Director of Regulated Entities – Scotland
During my 20 years with Bank of Scotland I have worked in a variety of roles across both personal and corporate banking. I am a qualified Chartered Banker and have achieved a BA(Hons) Degree in Financial Services. In addition to managing the origination team in Scotland I also head up the i|SITE delivery and implementation team which supports all areas of the UK.
- Location: Scotland
- Phone: 07919 301635
David Spink
Since joining Bank of Scotland in 1973 I have worked in a wide variety of roles in both Scotland and London. For the last 15 years I have been involved with the Bank's Client Banking Service working with Regulated Entities who hold funds on behalf of clients. I relocated back to Scotland in 2007 to continue working in this field.
- Location: Scotland
- Phone: 07770 574663