Our board members

The governance structure of the National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) ensures we operate as an employer led organisation.

We have Regional Employer Boards as well as a National Board where financial services employers representing a range of different subsectors and company sizes help shape our strategy to ensure that we are giving the financial services industry what it needs to remain competitive.

The National Board consists of a number of non-executive directors, the Chairs of the Regional Employer Boards, training provider representatives and the NSAFS CEO. Our current National Board members are:

• Tony Vine-Lott, Chairman

  For the past seven years, Tony has been Director General of the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA)

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• Margaret Cole

  Margaret Cole is the FSA’s Director of Enforcement and a member of its Executive Committee.

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• Antony Whitehouse

  Antony Whitehouse has been the Head of Compliance at Calyon, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Credit Agricole group since 2006.

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• Mark Collender

  Mark Collender is currently the Head of Campaign Management at Lloyds Banking Group.

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• Gary J. Kildare

  Gary Kildare is a Vice President of the IBM Corporation.

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• Andrew Fisher

  Andrew Fisher is the Chief Executive of Towry Law Wealth Managers and a City financier by background.

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• Paul Clark

  Paul is a dynamic leader of businesses with a wide range of blue chip experience

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• Paul Beesley

  Senior Manager, Operational Support, HR Resourcing & Engagement , Nationwide Building Society

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• Craig Errington

  Chief Executive Craig Errington joined Wesleyan in 1991 as a financial consultant.

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• Karl Hopper-Young

  Karl Hopper-Young is a Director of Sussex Independent Financial Advisers Ltd Chartered Financial Planners

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• Dick Palmer

  Dick Palmer is Principal at City College Norwich having started at the college in January 2003.

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• Geoff Kinsella

  Geoff joined Cooper Gay in October 2005 and is a member of the Group Executive Committee.

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