The RBS International Executive Management Team

Chief Executive Officer

Oliver is currently Chief Executive Officer of RBS International.

Oliver joined the NatWest Group in September 2018 as Director of Strategy and Ventures and held responsibility for Group Strategy, Sustainability, Economics, Ventures, and Corporate Development.

Prior to joining the Group, Oliver worked at UK Financial Investments (UKFI) where he was latterly CEO, with responsibility for managing the government’s shareholdings in the NatWest Group, Lloyds Banking Group, and UK Asset Resolution.

Oliver worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for nearly 14 years before joining UKFI, where he undertook various roles including head of equity syndicate for Europe and head of UK equity capital markets origination.

Oliver holds a BA, Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford.

Chief Risk Officer

Wendy is the Chief Risk Officer of RBS International.

Wendy has over 30 years’ experience in senior risk, compliance and management roles across the financial services sector. Prior to joining the NatWest Group in November 2022, Wendy held Chief Risk Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director positions at global, listed companies including Link Group, Royal Bank of Canada, ICAP and State Street.

With extensive regulatory credentials, Wendy has experience of the regulatory regimes in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Ireland, broader EU and the United States of America.

Wendy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from the Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, USA and a MBA from Simmons University, Boston, USA. Wendy holds the Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Advanced Professional Diploma. 

Director of Legal, Governance and Data Protection

Stephanie is a solicitor who qualified as a commercial litigator with a City of London law firm in 1995 specialising in corporate litigation and shareholder disputes.  Stephanie moved to a law firm in Jersey in 2004 before joining RBS International and the Legal team.

In 2017, Stephanie moved from her role in the RBSI Legal team for a one-year secondment to Personal and Business Banking, with responsibility for the business management team.

Stephanie was subsequently appointed as the Director of Legal, Governance & Data Protection.  From July 2021 to July 2023, and in addition to her existing accountabilities, Stephanie was the Accountable Executive for financial crime prevention leading the RBSI financial crime transformation programme.

Stephanie is a qualified Chartered Bank Director (Institute of Banking, Dublin) and holds a financial crime prevention qualification.

Managing Director, Institutional Banking

As the Managing Director of Institutional Banking, Susan is responsible for supporting institutional customers (alternative investment fund managers, asset managers, fund administrators and corporate service providers) with their operational banking and borrowing needs. Susan leads teams in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, London and Luxembourg.

With over 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector, Susan started her career with the NatWest Group in 2000 and has undertaken a number of senior leadership roles across various parts of the Group, including real estate finance, business banking, commercial and private banking, risk and strategy. Susan has international experience having worked in Paris for 11 years and is fluent in French. 

Susan is a former bank appointed trustee for the NatWest Group Pension Fund and was a director of Lothbury Insurance Limited.

Susan holds a degree in International Business and Modern Languages from Strathclyde University, Glasgow and has successfully completed the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership NatWest Programme. 

Managing Director, NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services

Mark joined the NatWest Group in October 2019 to lead the Trustee and Depositary Services business in the UK and Luxembourg. Mark became a member of the Executive Committee of RBS International in August 2022.

With more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector, Mark previously held the position of Global Head of Corporate Trust and Loan Agency at HSBC between 2010 and 2019.

Specialising in Capital Markets and Securities Services, Mark has extensive experience in securitisation, structured finance, project and export, leveraged and real estate finance in the European, US, Asia and Middle East markets.

Mark was a member of the HSBC Securities Services Executive Committee from 2011 until 2019 and was Co-Chair of the Fiduciary Risk Committee and the HSS Graduate programme during the same period. In addition, Mark served as a Board member of both the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association and the HSBC Corporate Trustee Company.