Nick Smith

Chief Banking Officer

Gerrards Cross, England, United Kingdom

About

An experienced leader with a passion for growth, innovation and delivery, Nick has worked in Financial Services for over 20 years with a continued track-record of success.

Experience

  • Alpha Bank London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid)
    • Chief Banking Officer
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

      Accountable for the Retail bank build, Private Banking business, Home Loans, and Marketing. SMF18

    • Chief Retail Banking Officer
      Feb 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos

      SMF18 - Retail Bank, CRM & Marketing accountabilities. Building something new... watch this space.

  • Revolut (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
    • Non Executive Director - Revolut Travel
      Apr 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Chief Lending & Product Officer - UK
      Jan 2022 - Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      SMF18 Accountability for the full future UK Bank product suite across Retail and SME propositions, including development and launch of Credit Products.

  • TSB Bank (8 yrs 8 mos)
    • Head of Mortgages
      Aug 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Returned the TSB mortgage business to growth whilst increasing margins. Led the product and proposition team through the uncharted territory of the global Covid pandemic

    • Head of Personal Loans
      May 2013 - Aug 2018 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      Leading the loans product team of an exciting new (but 200 year-old!) bank. Accountable for the full customer, colleague and commercial outcomes of the personal loan product, developing and executing a strategy that will set us apart from other UK banks, and establish the TSB loans business as a major challenger in the market. Media trained and occasional spokesperson for TSB with appearances including BBC Radio 4's Today Programme and Jazz FM's Business Breakfast.

    • Head of Credit Cards
      Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr

      Interim leadership of the TSB Credit Card business alongside my role as Head of Personal Loans. Full accountability for the customer and commercial performance of the Credit Card business through a period including the TSB IPO and significant change in this highly competitive marketplace driven by new interchange regulations.

  • Senior Manager, Debit at Visa Europe
    May 2012 - May 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Accountable for defining and executing the strategy for Visa's Debit products in the UK and Ireland. Leading Europe-wide projects and programmes to increase Debit usage across a variety of markets

  • Lloyds Banking Group (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Senior Manager, Bank of Scotland loans & LTSB loan retention
      Jan 2012 - May 2012 · 5 mos

      Full accountability for the Bank of Scotland loans proposition. Building a strategic vision for the brand, including Product, Propositions, Channel usage, Pricing and retention activity. Delivered key insights into the Retention life-cycle for the personal loans business, identifying priority areas of attention and delivering changes to raise Lloyds TSB retention to best-in-class levels over a 6 month period.

    • Senior Manager, Pricing
      Sep 2009 - Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Accountable for all loans pricing & profitability across the Lloyds TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands. Leading a team of six to optimise profitability for the group whilst achieving other diverse business goals and supporting a customer-focussed relationship banking strategy