Weatherbys Private Bank has appointed Mark Batten as non-executive director and senior independent director, with immediate effect.
A chartered accountant, Batten has over three decades of financial services experience, having been a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for more than 25 years, before retiring from the partnership in 2017.
Batten led PwC’s team working for HM Treasury on the rescue of the Royal Bank of Scotland and for the Irish Treasury in developing its ‘bad bank’, NAMA.
After retiring, he was a senior adviser to UK Government Investments, and took up a number of board non-executive roles across the insurance and real estate sectors.
Roger Weatherby, chief executive at Weatherbys, said: ‘I am delighted that Mark has agreed to join our board.
“We will be able to draw on his considerable risk and regulatory experience, as well as the wealth of knowledge he has forged working for governments and financial institutions in the UK and internationally.”
In May, Weatherbys Private Bank announced that Quentin Marshall, managing director, will succeed Roger Weatherby as chief executive, who in turn will become chairman in early 2024.
