Alison Rose (born 1969) is a British banker, and chief executive (CEO) of
NatWest Group
NatWest Group plc is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, investment banking, insurance and ...
since November 2019. She is the first woman to lead a major UK lender.
Early life
Rose was born in 1969.
She grew up overseas in a military family.
She graduated with a bachelor's degree in History from
Durham University in 1991.
Career
She started her career as a graduate trainee with
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank, commonly known as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom based in London, England. It was established in 1968 by the merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank. In 2000, i ...
in 1992.
Rose was appointed a member of RBS' executive committee on 27 February 2014. In October 2014, as head of commercial and private banking at RBS, she announced a new plan for the bank to bring more women in decision-level and board-level positions. In August 2015, she encouraged her managers to reconnect with the SMBs part of their clientele.
In September 2018, she was nominated to lead the Treasury's review focusing on barriers for women in business.
The Rose Review found that just one in three UK entrepreneurs is female and only one per cent of venture funding goes to all-female teams. In November 2018, she became deputy chief executive of NatWest Holdings.
In March 2019, the UK Government published a policy paper, the ''Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship''.
In April 2019, Rose was "widely-tipped" to succeed
Ross McEwan as CEO.
Rose was the chief executive of commercial and private banking at Royal Bank of Scotland Group and deputy chief executive of NatWest Holdings.
In September 2019, it was announced that she would succeed Ross McEwan as CEO of RBS Group on 1 November 2019, making her the "first woman to lead major UK lender".
RBS Group was re-named NatWest Group in 2020.
External appointments
Non-executive Director of Great Portland Estates plc, Chair of the McLaren / Deloitte Advisory Council and sits on the board of Coutts Charitable Foundation.
Personal life
Rose is married, with two children, a daughter and a son.
She and her family live in
Highgate
Highgate ( ) is a suburban area of north London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, north-northwest of Charing Cross.
Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live. It has two active conservation organisat ...
, London.
References
External links
Official biography
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1969 births
Living people
British bankers
Alumni of St Aidan's College, Durham
British women chief executives
NatWest Group people