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Mr Duffy has over three decades of experience in banking and financial services in both the UK and internationally. He brings industry understanding to the Board as well as strong executive leadership which is critical to his role as CEO. His drive, energy and commitment to customers as well as his proven ability to build and lead strong management teams and transform businesses brings significant value to all of Virgin Money's stakeholders.

Mr Bennett is an experienced Chairman and Non-Executive Director. He brings experience of retail banking, strategy, risk management, corporate activity and organisation, operational and structural change gained from his long career in financial services.

Mr Wade's background as an experienced CFO, his breadth of financial services experience and the industry knowledge he has gained from over 20 years at both executive and Non-Executive Director level is excellent grounding for his role as Chair of the Audit Committee. His accounting, financial services audit, prudential oversight and corporate governance knowledge, including experience as an audit committee chair, strengthen the Board.

Ms Gopalan's financial services, retail banking and payments industry experience gained over more than 25 years strengthen the Board. Her understanding of the digital economy and interest in emerging technologies including the use of data and analytics in financial services enhance Board discussions with respect to the Group's digital strategy in particular. Her extensive experience in the retail banking and payments industries mean she has a strong focus on customer conduct and fairness considerations and in delivering customer-focused outcomes.

Ms Novokreshchenova's understanding of customer-centric digital first organisations and the technology ecosystem gained over a 20-year international career, brings a wealth of experience to the Board. Ms Novokreshchenova's most recent role was Executive Vice President of International at Remitly, a leading disruptor in the app first digital remittance space, appointed to internationalise, scale and drive company growth as a leading digital money transfer provider.

Ms Weller CBE is an independent non-executive director of BT Group plc (BT) and a member of BTs Audit & Risk, Nominations, Digital Impact & Sustainability and Compliance committees. In September 2022 she joined the board of the Money and Pensions Service, and she is also currently Chair of the Remuneration Committee at New College, University of Oxford and a member of the Stop MS Campaign Board, part of the MS Society charity. Saras previous roles include managing director of Argos and various senior positions at J Sainsbury, including deputy managing director and serving on its board between 2002 and 2004. Sara was a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group from February 2012 to May 2021 and United Utilities Group from March 2012 to July 2020. She was also the lead non-executive director at the Department for Work and Pensions from April 2017 until April 2020. She has also previously been a non-executive director of Mitchells & Butlers and held senior management roles at Abbey National and Mars Confectionery.

Mr Abrahams brings executive experience across international financial services to the Board. Prior to joining Virgin Money, Clifford was Group CFO at ABN AMRO Bank having joined in that role in 2017. Previous roles include Group CFO at the Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd Group, ten years at Aviva in several senior financial roles including CFO of Aviva Investors, CFO of UK & Ireland Life Insurance and CFO of UK & Ireland General Insurance. In the early part of his career Clifford spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley in the Financial Institutions Group most latterly as Managing Director.

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