Richard Meddings

Richard Henry Meddings (born 1958) is a British banker, and the executive chairman of TSB Bank.

Richard Meddings
Born
Richard Henry Meddings[1]

1958 (age 62–63)[2]
NationalityBritish
EducationExeter College, Oxford
OccupationBanker
TitleExecutive chairman, TSB Bank
Spouse(s)Married
Children3

Early life

Meddings was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.[2] He earned a degree in modern history from Exeter College, Oxford.[2][1]

Career

Meddings trained as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse.[2]

He then worked for Hill Samuel and BZW, before becoming FD of Woolwich plc in 1999.[3]

He was a board member of Standard Chartered for 11 years and its finance director for seven years. During this period he was named Blue Chip FD of the Year in the 2009 Accountancy Age Awards.[4] In January 2014 the bank "stunned the City" by announcing his resignation.[5] He said it was "totally my decision to leave".[5]

In February 2018, Meddings succeeded Will Samuel as chairman of TSB Bank.[6] Following the resignation of CEO Paul Pester in September 2018 following an IT failure, Meddings, then non-executive chairman, became executive chairman until a new CEO could be found.[7]

Meddings is a non-executive board member of HM Treasury.[8]

In 2020 he took on board committee roles at Credit Suisse.[9]

Personal life

Meddings is married with three children, enjoys golf, cricket and football, and supports Wolverhampton Wanderers.[2]

References
  1. "Executive Profile: Richard Henry Meddings". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. "Richard Meddings: Goal is sight for banker on the run". independent.co.uk. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. "Richard Meddings".
  4. The judges said: “Not only has he played a great part in leading the bank from the front, but he has put his personal reputation on the line in advising government on how to handle thecrisis.” https://www.accountancyage.com/2009/11/19/accountancy-age-awards-meddings-wins-blue-chip-fd-accolade/amp/
  5. Treanor, Jill (9 January 2014). "Standard Chartered: shock departure of finance director Richard Meddings". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. "Current article". www.tsb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. Monaghan, Angela (4 September 2018). "TSB chief Paul Pester steps down after IT meltdown". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. "Richard Meddings - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. "Richard Meddings".


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