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Leadership team biographies
Chair and Executive Directors
Richard Hanrahan Mike Hudson
Chief Financial Officer Chief Risk Officer
Richard was appointed as Chief Financial Officer Mike joined Cambridge & Counties Bank in
of Cambridge & Counties Bank in August 2024. January 2020, before having served as CRO at
He joined from Qatar National Bank where he another firm for the previous 7 years. He has
held the SMF2 designate as UK CFO. Prior to this, over 40 years’ experience in Financial Services
Richard spent 14 years at Lloyds Banking Group working across all the risk categories and
where his final role was as Managing Director, has spent most of his career within banking
Strategy for the Corporate and Institutional and lending, helping ensure firms have the
business. His career to date has been in a variety appropriate risk and control environment.
of roles and disciplines across banking with time At Cambridge & Counties Bank, he is
spent in Finance, Treasury, Debt Sales, Consumer responsible for the management and oversight
Finance, Commercial Banking and Strategy. of the Bank’s credit risk and control framework
Richard is also a Non‑Executive Director at which also includes helping the Bank meet its
Watford Community Housing and a member of regulatory obligations, as well as its legal and
both the Audit and Compliance Committee and company secretarial accountabilities. Mike also
Treasury Working Group, positions he has held oversees the Bank's approach to climate change,
since 2023. Richard is a chartered accountant which is part of the broader environmental,
as well as a chartered banker, he holds the CFA social and governance activities.
designate and has completed the Capital Markets He’s passionate about ensuring the broader
Programme from the Chartered Institute for Risk Management team provide the appropriate
Securities and Investment. support to the Bank, allowing it to continue to
grow securely.
