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David joined the Board of Engage Mutual in August 2010 and was appointed Chairman in September 2010.

A Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries, David has almost 40 years’ experience in financial services, which has seen him set up and run insurance business, Bright Grey as well as having held senior roles at Scottish Provident and Royal London.

David is currently a member of the University Court and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and is a Non-Executive Director of The One Place Capital Limited.

Chris joined the Board in May 2005 and was appointed Vice Chairman in 2009. She has extensive experience of investing in smaller companies, having spent 14 years at leading venture capital group, 3i.

Chris also has experience of the public sector, having been a Director of the Shareholder Executive from 2003-2006, managing the Government’s shareholder interests in a number of public-owned enterprises and latterly as Director and Head of Investment and Commercialisation at Partnerships UK Plc. She is currently a non-executive director of Baronsmead VCT 2 and Nexeon Limited and is also a member of the Investment Advisory Group of Imperial Innovations Plc.

Andrew became Chief Executive in March 2002. He joined the Society in 1998 and was appointed to the Board as Sales and Marketing Director in 1999.

Prior to joining the Society, Andrew held senior marketing positions with NCR Corporation and National & Provincial Building Society. His early career was with Barclays Bank, British Airways and Volvo.

He is a Director of the Association of Financial Mutuals and is also a Director of Mutuo, an organisation which promotes the interests of the mutual sector to Government, media and other decision makers.

Peter joined the Board as Finance Director in November 2010. He is a chartered accountant with 20 years' experience gained in a combination of executive management and consulting roles.

Prior to joining the Society, Peter held a number of senior finance positions with Aviva plc, both in the UK and most recently in Europe. Before that he held senior management positions with Ernst & Young, where he advised financial services businesses on financial, risk management and governance matters.

Karl became Marketing Director of the Society in October 2004 and was appointed to the Board in December 2007.

He joined the Society in 1999 and carried out a number of product, marketing and distribution roles within the marketing team, including the launch and development of the Engage Mutual brand.

He represents the Society on a number of industry groups, including the Association of Financial Mutuals Communications Group and the TISA Children’s Savings Council.

Andrew joined the Board in March 2011 as a Non-Executive Director. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience, most of it in the financial services sector as a Director, auditor or regulator. Until his retirement last summer, he was Finance Director of Yorkshire Building Society, where he also sat on both the Risk and Asset & Liability Committees.

Before joining the Yorkshire, he was a partner in Ernst & Young, leading the firm's financial services practice in the North of England. He also spent 2 years at the FSA, supervising some 25 building societies through the downturn of the 1990s.

Peter joined the Board in December 2005. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries with over 30 years’ experience of financial services businesses.

He is Investment Director and Actuary at the Neville James Group, an investment management company, and is Chairman of Chesnara Plc.