Non-Standard Finance Plc
NSF:LN
Overview
Company Profile
Formed in 2014, Non-Standard Finance has become a leading provider of unsecured credit to UK adults. Listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: NSF), we are now a leading lender in each of our chosen sub-segments: branch-based lending, home credit and guarantor loans.
Classification
Financials
Corporate
Board of Directors
John van Kuffeler
Founder and Group Chief Executive
John was Chief Executive and then Chairman of Provident Financial plc for a combined total of 22 years until December 2013. He was Chairman of Marlin Financial Group Limited, the consumer debt purchasing company, for four years until its sale in February 2014 and was also Chairman of Hyperion Insurance Group Limited for five years until December 2013. John was previously Chief Executive of Brown Shipley Holdings PLC which included Medens Trust Limited, a consumer car finance company, and was Chairman of the credit committee of Brown Shipley Holdings PLC’s main banking subsidiary, Brown, Shipley & Co. Limited.
Nick Teunon
Chief Financial Officer
Nick was Chief Financial Officer of Marlin Financial Group Limited, the consumer debt purchasing company, from August 2013 until June 2014. Prior to that, Nick spent five years as Chief Financial Officer of FTSE International, joining from the Press Association, where he was Group Finance & Strategy Director for seven years. At both FTSE International and the Press Association, Nick was responsible for all mergers and acquisitions activity and related debt funding, in addition to leading the finance function. Nick has previous experience as finance director of a public company based on his time at Water Hall Group plc.
Niall Booker
Independent Non-Executive Director
Niall Booker has spent 35 years in banking providing him with a wide range of experience in both consumer and wholesale products. His most recent roles include being Group Managing Director and CEO of HSBC North America where he worked through the issues in HSBC Finance Corporation and in doing so worked closely with US regulators on these and other matters. Most recently he was CEO of the Cooperative Bank from 2013 to December 2016 having been tasked with rebuilding the capital base, stabilising the operational infrastructure and maintaining the franchise after the problems the bank faced in 2013. Niall has been a member of the College Council at Glenalmond College since 2012 and will become Chairman of the Council from August 2017.
Charles Gregson
Non-Executive Chairman
Charles is Non-Executive Chairman of Nex Group plc. He is also a Non-executive Director, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Caledonia Investments Plc. He was previously Non-Executive Chairman of ICAP plc from 1988 to 2016; Non-Executive Chairman of Wagon Finance Group Limited, from 1996 to 2006; Non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Provident Financial plc from 1998 to 2007; and Non-executive Director of International Personal Finance Plc from 2007 to 2010. Charles is a former Chairman of CPP Group Plc and of St James's Place Plc. Charles was Executive Director of United Business Media Plc (formerly MAI Plc) from 1985 to 2003 and Global CEO and Chairman of PR Newswire from 2003 to 2009. As part of his responsibilities at United Business Media Plc, Charles built Harlow Meyer Savage from a small money broking business into the international business of Garban PLC, a listed company with offices in 25 countries, which later merged with ICAP plc.
Heather McGregor
Independent Non-Executive Director
Professor Heather McGregor is the Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University. She is also Chairwoman of the executive search firm Taylor Bennett. In her early career she worked in financial communications and investor relations before joining ABN Amro as a sell-side analyst. She then spent eight years with the bank, working in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, before joining Taylor Bennett in 2000. She has an MBA from the London Business School and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong. Heather was the founder of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which works to promote diversity in the communications industry, and is a founding member of the steering committee of the 30% Club, which is working to raise the representation of women at senior levels within the UK’s publicly quoted companies. She is also an experienced writer and broadcaster in the national media.
Jono Gillespie
Group Chief Financial Officer
Jono is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He has held senior financial and technology positions in non-standard financial companies throughout his career, and brings solid financial, commercial, analytical and digital technology experience across a range of non-standard financial channels to the Board. Before joining the plc board he was Chief Financial Officer of Loans at Home Ltd and prior to that Change and Technology Director of the Consumer Credit Division of Provident Financial plc. Previous roles at Provident Financial included Finance Director of the Consumer Credit Division and various Head of Function roles across finance, performance analysis, business intelligence and strategic marketing.