Track record of building and leading high-performing teams to deliver positive, customer-focused business outcomes across Financial Services, Banking and Fintech particularly where growth, innovation and strategic change agendas are required. Commercial leader with a strong strategic and analytical mindset. Entrepreneurial innovator who embraces change in ambiguous environments with a supportive team leadership approach that delivers clear growth-oriented outcomes. A founding member of the NatWest Ventures team, leading the creation from strategic concept, and growth to scale, of a number of successful internal venture businesses.Most recently established a new Enterprise team at NatWest and responsible for the UK's leading small business and start-up Accelerator programme with material impact on investment raised and survivability of start-ups.Extensive experience across all aspects of mergers and acquisitions and corporate development activity.