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Leadership team biographies
Chair and Executive Directors

Patrick Newberry Donald Kerr Andrea Hodgson Mike Hudson

Chair and Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Risk Officer
Chair of Nominations and Governance Committee
Donald is a career banker having joined Bank Andrea joined Cambridge & Counties Bank as CFO Mike joined Cambridge & Counties Bank in
Patrick’s executive career spans over 30 years with of Scotland after graduating from university. and Board member in 2017, prior to which she January 2020, before which he was the CRO
PricewaterhouseCoopers, where his primary focus He has held leadership roles at Lloyds Banking held similar roles at a start-up challenger and USS for 7 years at Brown Shipley & Co Ltd. With
was on strategy, performance improvement as well Group, Virgin Money and The Co-operative Ltd. Andrea qualified as a chartered accountant nearly 40 years’ experience in Financial Services
as all things regulatory within the financial services Bank. Experience gained in corporate and with KPMG before moving into financial services working across all the risk categories, Mike
and insurance sectors. During this time, he was transactional banking led Donald to specialise and has 20 years’ experience ranging from banking has spent most of his career within banking
the lead in major transformational programmes in SME banking with customers that he licence application, acquisition, and integrations and lending, helping ensure firms have the
and worked with large financial institutions to set believes are the backbone of the UK economy. through to strategy development. Andrea has a appropriate risk and control environment.
strategy and transform performance. Managing Director positions in distribution, proven track record from her executive leadership At Cambridge & Counties Bank, he is responsible
operations, risk management and strategy roles with Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of Scotland,
Over the last 8 years, Patrick has spent his time as for the management and oversight of the Bank’s
culminated in his appointment as Chief and National Australia group. Previously, she has
non-executive director and freelance consultant credit risk and control framework which also
Executive Officer for Cambridge & Counties also served as a Non-Executive Director and
for a number of financial and non-financial services includes helping the Bank meet its regulatory
Bank in November 2020. Deputy Chair for a large NHS Foundation Trust.
organisations. He joined Cambridge & Counties obligations, as well as its legal and company
Bank as Non-Executive director in June 2021, Andrea is passionate about motivating teams to secretarial accountabilities. Mike also oversees
taking responsibility as Chair from September. He ensure that the Finance & Treasury functions are the bank’s response approach to climate change,
is currently on the Board as Chair of the Audit and valued and trusted business partners at the heart which is part of the broader environmental,
Risk Committee at Brunel Pensions Partnership, is a of the business. social and governance activities.
Commissioner of Historic England and Chair of its
He’s passionate about ensuring the broader
Audit and Risk Committee. He is also a Governor of
Risk Management team provide the appropriate
the Cornwall College Group.
support to the Bank, allowing it to continue to
grow securely.