Robert Michael Head

Qualifications: MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Charted Accountant, Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers
Committee Responsibilities: Member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Technology Modernisation Committee, Chairman of Capital Oversight Committee

Mr Head has held senior leadership positions in a career spanning 30 years across the financial services industry in South Africa and Europe. He has served as special adviser to the commissioner of the South African Revenue Service, chief executive officer of Old Mutual Wealth Management, finance director of Nedbank, joint founder of egg (the first UK internet bank), the first chief executive of UK-based smile.co.uk (part of the Co-operative Bank) and chief executive officer of Skandia. Mr Head has also been a director at Nedbank and Mutual & Federal.

Mr Head currently holds board membership as a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committees of Personal Group Holdings plc and FairFX Group plc, as well as interim Chief Financial Officer at South African Airways.