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            Board and Committee attendance                                                                                         Performance evaluation and               Company Secretary and independent
                                                                                                                                   professional development                 professional advice
            The following table sets out individual                                                                                                                                                                                       Strategic Report
            director’s attendance at the scheduled                                                                                 Each year all the Directors are subject to   Richard Bryan, the Bank’s General
            Board, Risk & Compliance, Audit,                                                                                       a formal appraisal. The Chief Executive   Counsel, has served as the Company
            Performance & Remuneration and                                                                                         Officer carries out appraisals of the Chief   Secretary throughout the year ended 31
            Nominations & Governance Committees                                                                                    Financial Officer, the Chief Risk Officer and   December 2021. The Company Secretary
            meetings during 2021 (attendance is shown                                                                              the Chief Development Officer based on   is responsible to the Board for ensuring
            only where a director is a member of the                                                                               a range of agreed personal and business   compliance with corporate governance
            committee and includes any meeting                                                                                     objectives. The Chairman of the Board    requirements. The Board has access to
            where a director is appointed or retired).                                                                             completes the Chief Executive Officer’s   the Company Secretary individually and
                                                                                                                                   appraisal, performance also being assessed   collectively. As well as the support of the
                                                                                                                                   against a range of agreed personal and   Company Secretary, any Director may take
             Director                     Board        Risk &        Audit        Performance &  Nominations                       business objectives.                     independent professional advice at the
                                                       Compliance    Committee    Remuneration  & Governance                                                                Company’s expense in the furtherance of                       Corporate Governance Statement
                                                       Committee                  Committee     Committee                          The Chairman conducts appraisals of the   their duties, where considered necessary.
                                                                                                                                   independent Non-Executive Directors,
             No. of meetings in 2021      11           9             4            3             5
                                                                                                                                   basing the assessment of each Director’s   Principal accountant fees and services
             Caroline Fawcett             11           N/M           3            3             5                                  contribution to the Board’s performance   An analysis of fees for professional services
                                                                                                                                   using criteria such as attendance,
             Paul ffolkes Davis  1        6            N/M           2            1             2                                                                           provided by KPMG, the Company’s external
                                                                                                                                   performance at meetings, and additional   auditors for the year ended 31 December
             Tim Harvey-Samuel  2         6            1  3          2            2             2                                  training and development requirements.
                                                                                                                                                                            2021, is set out in note 8 to the Bank’s
             Andrea Hodgson               11           N/M           N/M          N/M           N/M                                                                         financial statements.
                                                                                                                                   The Board conducts an annual review of
             Michael Hudson               11           N/M           N/M          N/M           N/M                                its effectiveness, as do each of the
                                                                                                                                   Board committees.
             Donald Kerr                  11           N/M           N/M          N/M           N/M
             Simon Lindley                11           N/M           N/M          N/M           N/M                                                                                                                                       Independent Auditor’s Report
             Simon Moore                  11           9                          2             4

             Patrick Newberry  4          3            0             1            N/M           0
             Richard Perry  5             10           6             4            3             3
             Ian Smith  6                 7            7             2            N/M           4

             Christiane Wuillamie  7      0            0             0            0             0
             Nick Treble                  11           9             4            3             N/M


            1   resigned on 30 June 2021                                                                                                                                                                                                  Financial Statements
            2   appointed on 24 June 2021
            3   became a member on 28 October 2021
            4   appointed on 24 September 2021
            5   resigned on 31 March 2022           The Bank has a well-established
            6   resigned on 30 September 2021
            7   appointed on 24 March 2022
            N/M  not a member of this Committee     corporate governance structure,
                                                    and the Board supports the

                                                    principles of good corporate

                                                    governance as set out in the UK                                                                                                                                                       Notes to the Financial Statements

                                                    Corporate Governance Code.
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