Mr Wade's background as an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO), his breadth of financial services experience and the industry knowledge he has gained from over 20 years at both executive and non-executive director level is excellent grounding for his role as Chair of the Audit Committee. His accounting, financial services audit, prudential oversight and corporate governance knowledge, including considerable experience as an audit committee chair, strengthen the Board. Tim's current roles are within companies in the financial services industry which have detailed commitments and programmes of work relating to ESG matters. His previous non-executive director roles include Macquarie Bank International Limited, Friends Life Group Limited, Monitise plc and The Access Bank UK Limited. He was a Managing Director at AMP Group, responsible for both its Bank and the Virgin Direct joint venture. Earlier in his career he was Group CFO at Colonial Limited in Melbourne, Australia where he oversaw the company's IPO and was involved in its acquisition by Commonwealth Bank. External appointments include Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of RBC Europe Limited, and Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Chubb Underwriting Agencies Limited and Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of ClearBank Group Holdings Limited. He is member of Governance and Risk Committee.
