Board of Directors

The board of the Saffron Building Society is made up of executive and non-executive directors. The role of the directors is to deal with the day-to-day running of the Society, while non-executive directors, who are from a range of different backgrounds, bring an outside perspective to the management of the Society and also represent the views of the membership.

Chairman : Peter Harrison

Peter Harrison is a chartered accountant with over thirty years experience in public practice specialising in financial services. He worked at KPMG for over twenty years where he became a Senior Partner and was also responsible for running the Financial Services practice in the UK. Peter now undertakes varied assignments in the area of financial services. He joined the Society's board in 2004 as a non-executive director and became Chairman in April 2009.

Chief Executive : Andy Golding

Andy has over twenty years' experience in financial services, with a strong background in the banking and mortgage markets. He has held senior management positions with NatWest, John Charcol and Bradford and Bingley. Andy joined the Society as Sales & Marketing Director and took over as Chief Executive in July 2006.

Finance Director: Jonathan Hall

Jonathan qualified as a chartered accountant with Pricewaterhouse Coopers and has a strong background in the financial services market. He has held senior management positions in Norwich Union and joined the Society in August 2004 from Central Trust plc where he was Group Financial Controller. Jonathan was appointed to the board of Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) in 2008.

Operations Director : Andrew Rushworth

Andrew joined the Society from AMP Banking, where he was responsible for the design and build of the operational customer service and technology platforms as part of the company's UK launch. Andrew joined the Society in 2004 and stepped up to the board in December 2004 from his previous position as general manager of IT.

Sales & Marketing Director : John Eastgate

John's career has centred around financial services, initially spending over ten years with Barclays, progressing to senior management positions. He joined the Society in April 2008 after five years with Experian, where he headed the banking team in the Decision Analytics division. As Sales & Marketing Director he was co-opted to the Board in October 2008.

Non-Executive Director : Alan Goodman

Following thirteen years in local government, Alan, a qualified accountant, spent over twenty years as a management consultant with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, including fifteen years as a partner. Since his retirement, Alan has provided voluntary support to a number of organisations in the region and he continues to undertake international consultancy studies.

Non-Executive Director : Jan Smith

Jan Smith has extensive financial services and board experience as a director at TSB Bank plc, First Direct and RAC. She runs her own London-based marketing strategy company and is also a non-executive director for a number of other institutions, such as the Royal Mint and the Government Actuary's Department.

Non-Executive Director : Trevor Bayley

Trevor has 26 years' experience in Financial Services having been with Britannia Building Society for 21 years, 12 of which were as a Main Board Director. More recently he was with National Savings and Investments where he was Finance Director and Deputy Chief Executive before retiring in December 2006. Trevor is a chartered accountant and was awarded an OBE in the 2007 New Years' Honours List for services to National Savings and Investments.

Non-Executive Director : Charles Wilson

Charles is a solicitor with broad experience of the financial services sector, having worked at Abbey and Nationwide over a period of 22 years. Charles joined the Board in July 2009 as a Non-Executive Director. He is a keen supporter of the mutual business model and was instrumental in development of Nationwide's strategy to remain mutual at a time when demutualisation was in vogue.

Non-Executive Director : John Goodfellow

John has spent his entire career in Building Societies, starting in branches at Burnley Building Society before moving to the Skipton Building Society where he was appointed Chief Executive, in 1991. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Mortgage Lenders for 5 years and a Member of the Executive Committee of the Building Societies Association for 8 years. He served as Chairman of the BSA during two separate years.