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Brian Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer
Brian was appointed Chief Executive Officer in April 2001. In addition to this current role, he takes responsibility for the Audit and Risk functions within the Company. He joined B&CE in 1990 as Financial Controller from the TSB Group where he held various senior financial roles and helped establish the credit card division. Previously he held a European Operational Audit role for Commercial Credit, an American commercial finance company. Prior to this, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1975, Brian worked in the accountancy profession at manager level on Audit and Corporate Recovery assignments.
Patrick Heath-Lay
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Director of Finance & Strategic Delivery
Patrick is Director of Finance and Decision Support for B&CE and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is responsible for shaping and driving the Groups' financial strategy as well as having oversight of the organisation's Programme Management and IT functions. In addition, Patrick has more recently taken responsibililty for the Communications Team. Patrick joined B&CE in 1985 and has brought a wealth of experience to a range of financial and now customer focussed roles within the Company.
He is on the Board of Directors for both the B&CE Insurance Limited and B&CE Financial Services Limited companies.
Jamie Fiveash
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Director of Customer Solutions
Jamie is Director of Customer Solutions and has responsibility for the Client Customer Services operations, Product Solutions and Regulatory and Compliance teams. He joined the Company in 1994 having worked within Barclays Bank Plc for four years and has gained almost 17 years of financial services experience across a broad spectrum of roles. Jamie is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.