Kate Frankish

Kate Frankish Email and Phone Number

Non Executive Director @ Suits Me
Edinburgh, GB
Kate Frankish's Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Kate Frankish

I am an ambitious, values driven executive leader with over 30 years of experience across a wide range of disciplines in large and small, heavily regulated companies. My current role as Chief Business Development Officer at Pay.UK has broadened my experience significantly, using my can-do attitude and creative approach to problem-solving. A highly motivated Executive who can engage and galvanise people around the transformation and business journey, shaping and driving it to success. Possessing proven commercial acumen, strategic vision and the ability to demonstrate top-level decision making, together with the leadership and management skills to drive those decisions to successful conclusions. I am solutions focussed and equally adept at negotiating and communicating in the board room or with teams I lead. An advocate for developing talent and helping others achieve their goals, I mentor several early/mid-stage career individuals. I am also on the Advisory Board for Women in Payments and have been a judge for the Open Banking Expo awards for the last 3 years.Key Areas of Expertise:- Product and Corporate strategy development and delivery- Executive Leadership, Board experience- Product development and management- Business Transformation- Innovation- B2B and B2C solutions- Agile delivery- Payments and wider financial services- Operational Excellence- Fraud Prevention and Risk Management

Kate Frankish's Current Company Details
Suits Me

Suits Me

View
Non Executive Director
Edinburgh, GB
Website:
suitsmecard.com
Employees:
85
Kate Frankish Work Experience Details
  • Suits Me
    Non Executive Director
    Suits Me
    Edinburgh, Gb
  • Pay.Uk
    Chief Business Development Officer & Member Of The Executive Team
    Pay.Uk Nov 2021 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom
    • Responsible for setting up and running the Innovation function within Pay.UK • Lead a team to manage all of the existing products• Responsible for development of new products, go to market strategy, business cases and driving industry adoption to meet growth targets• Accountable for delivery of the Fraud program including mandated and non mandated products, delivering against very tight regulatory deadlines alongside supporting industry readiness • Responsible for delivery of the new Fraud operation, automated capability, processes and target op model• Managing complex stakeholder relationships to drive out great industry solutions; Banks and Building societies, fintech’s, trade bodies, regulators, HMT, HMOKey Achievements:✓ Implemented a product lifecycle management framework alongside controls and risk management process to ensure we drive efficiency and relevance in our product set ✓ Led the early work with Open Banking to understand alternative payment solutions vs cards Now part of the industry group working to deliver a new form of flexible regular payment – Variable Recurring Payments✓ Delivered a new directory and API platform and successfully migrated 140 Confirmation of Payee (CoP) customers (Banks and building societies) onto the new platform whilst also managing onboarding of 300 new customers, delivering 99.5% coverage of the whole UK market.✓ Delivered the new Authorised Push Payment Fraud Scheme, including an industry claims management system, changing the faster payments rules, building a consequence management framework, delivering a new OP model for Pay.UK, all in collaboration with over 600 Banks and Building Societies, the PSR and HMT. ✓ Delivered the first Authorised Push Payment Fraud prevention proof of concept, using pooled data covering 52% of Faster payments volume to prove the benefits of a wider data set in identifying and stopping fraud. The results showed a 40% uplift in detection rates. This product is now in development.
  • Pay.Uk
    Director, Standards And Strategy And Member Of The Executive Team
    Pay.Uk Jun 2019 - Nov 2021
    London, United Kingdom
    • Responsible for bringing together the, Data, Research and Insights, Product, Strategy and Standards teams into a coherent function. • Delivered a full capability and skills review, got to know the existing team members and brought in new colleagues where there were gaps alongside developing existing colleagues.• Responsible for developing the frameworks and processes to support new ways of working.• Responsible for developing the new company strategy including a significant cultural shift, driven by the Strategy. Brought the executive team and Board on the journey to ensure joint responsibility was developed throughout. Delivered a clear vision, stretching goals and despite being a not for profit business, an acceptance that we must compete and adopt a commercial mindset. Key Highlights:✓ Delivering and embedding the new company strategy across all colleagues and teams, enabling the transformation of Pay.UK✓ Bringing together industry experts, solution providers and the HMRC developer team to deliver in six weeks, two additional fraud verification capabilities to support the Governments Job Retention and Self-Employed Income Schemes at the start of the COVID 19 pandemic.
  • Barclays
    It Director, Payments And Open Banking
    Barclays Apr 2018 - May 2019
    Radbroke Hall, Knutsford
    • Responsible for delivery of a portfolio of retail payments change including; Confirmation of Payee, Secure Customer Authentication, Apple Pay Day 2, Pay by Bank App integration into the Barclays Mobile Banking App and a number of wallet developments. • Budget responsibility of £50m.Key Achievements:o Re-structured the team of 110 BAs, Project Managers and Architectso Increased the engagement scores within the BA population by 12%o Delivered Apple Pay Day 2 on time and in budgeto Mobilized the Strong Customer Authentication team across Barclays and Barclaycard portfolioso Set up a Hearts and Minds team, bringing colleagues together to deliver charity support activities and team morale building activity.
  • Tesco Bank
    Head Of Psd2 And Open Banking Delivery
    Tesco Bank May 2017 - Apr 2018
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Responsible for delivering PSD and Open Banking Compliance and Opportunity changes for Tesco Bank. Leading an agile team to deliver against regulatory timelines whilst analysing and understanding the opportunity use cases and delivering these.
  • Tesco Bank
    Head Of Payments Strategy And Authorisations
    Tesco Bank Jun 2014 - May 2017
    Edinburgh
    Responsible for leading the Payments Strategy for Tesco Bank. Responsible for forward facing, innovation and integration of new payments technologies into the transactional banking product and customer journeys. Optimisation of payment journeys, including working closely with the fraud team to understand pain points for our customers and influencing positive change. My team was within the commercial transactional banking team and as such defines products/services and customer journeys and is responsible for driving these new developments through to delivery to our customers.
  • Tesco Bank
    Senior Product Development And Delivery Manager, Current Accounts
    Tesco Bank Sep 2010 - May 2017
    Development and delivery of the current account propositions for Tesco Bank, including development of longer term strategy, detailed requirements, recruitment of suppliers, acquisition planning, mobile banking and servicing development, working closely with marketing to bring to market and ongoing commercial management once launched
  • Rbs
    Senior Propositions Manager M-Crm
    Rbs Apr 2009 - Sep 2010
    Responsible for embedding SMS as a new channel for servicing and marketing/advertising within RBSG. Working with all areas (predominantly UK retail) to facilitate set up and ensure all new propositions are rigorously challenged/tested to ensure they meet the group’s strategic requirements.
  • Rbs
    Investments Product Manager
    Rbs Apr 2007 - Mar 2009
    Responsible for managing and developing the retail banks Collective Investment product portfolio as part of the JV with Aviva.
  • Rbs
    Marketing Manager Private Banking
    Rbs Feb 2002 - Apr 2007
    My team was responsible for: - Development and delivery of ongoing strategic plans for the PB channel. - To manage and drive acquisition into the channel utalising a £m marketing budget. - Development, pricing and management of banking and investment products for the affluent customer segment- Manage and deliver ongoing customer comms (PB magazine) and local events for our Private Banking Managers and cients
  • Rbs
    Product Development Manager, Bancassurance
    Rbs Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
    Responsible for developing strategy for ongoing bancassurance business Representation for Royal Scottish Assurance (RSA) planning and product development working with the product teams in Bristol and the Norwich Union marketing team Manage the RSA product management team and link in with Marketing to deliver campaigns and sales support literature Overall responsibility to deliver the non face- to-face target on an ongoing basis Ensure that communication deliverables and media are used appropriately to all relevant audiences Ensure that an ongoing dialog and instigation of a communication plan between marketing and the network and sales force is delivered and implemented Work closely with compliance and risk to ensure that marketing processes and material meets business needs and regulatory standards
  • Bank Of Scotland Investors Club
    Product And Marketing Manager
    Bank Of Scotland Investors Club Jan 1998 - Feb 2001
    Part of original project team pulled together to launch a life company for Bank of Scotland.Developed and launched a full range of Investment, Life Assurance and Pension productsManaged sourcing and ongoing relationship with specialist copywriters to develop literature and customer comms suite.Responsible for salesforce support to help deliver annual income targets (sales tools/prompts etc)Set up and managed an ongoing internal Bank newsletter promoting the services offered and benefits to customers - to generate leads to sellers
  • Bank Of Scotland
    Assistant Product Manager - Current Accounts
    Bank Of Scotland Aug 1997 - Jan 1998
    Current account management, promotion and campaigns. Monitoring of competitor pricing and activity Customer and consumer research to inform product developments
  • Bank Of Scotland
    Financial Planning Manager
    Bank Of Scotland Jan 1994 - Jan 1997
    In top ten Bank sales people for 2 years running. Both for sales and outstanding customer serviceVery successful in packaged selling - increasing cross sales to 2.5 products per customer - presented teqnique to area managers for roll out to their staffBuilt up and maintained a good working relationship with my Branches, spending time training staff on lead generation and feeding back results. This resulted in good quality referrals.
  • Bank Of Scotland
    Various
    Bank Of Scotland Sep 1988 - Jan 1994
    Wide experience in the branch from entry level to Mortagages and lendingChosen as one of the first "Customer Service Officers" in a new branch structure

Kate Frankish Education Details

Frequently Asked Questions about Kate Frankish

What company does Kate Frankish work for?

Kate Frankish works for Suits Me

What is Kate Frankish's role at the current company?

Kate Frankish's current role is Non Executive Director.

What schools did Kate Frankish attend?

Kate Frankish attended Financial Planning Certificates (Prof Qual), Edinburgh Napier University.

Who are Kate Frankish's colleagues?

Kate Frankish's colleagues are Imogen Cranston, Violeta Viki Rakonjac, Naomi Lewis, Nicoleta Ionita, Céin 🤖, Joshua Smiles, Chidi Okoro.

Not the Kate Frankish you were looking for?

Free Chrome Extension

Find emails, phones & company data instantly

Find verified emails from LinkedIn profiles
Get direct phone numbers & mobile contacts
Access company data & employee information
Works directly on LinkedIn - no copy/paste needed
Get Chrome Extension - Free

Aero Online

Your AI prospecting assistant

Download 750 million emails and 100 million phone numbers

Access emails and phone numbers of over 750 million business users. Instantly download verified profiles using 20+ filters, including location, job title, company, function, and industry.