steve pateman
  • Non-Executive Director

Steve Pateman

Non-Executive Director at Bank of Ireland


Steve is a Non-Executive Director at the Bank of Ireland and ActivTrades Loans plc. Previously, he held a similar role at Arora Group, and he was CEO of Hodge Group between 2019-20 and Shawbrook Bank between 2015-2018. He joined Shawbrook from Santander UK, where he was Executive Director and Head of UK Banking, with responsibility for building its SME franchise, running the bank's Corporate, Commercial, Business and Retail Banking operations as well as Wealth Management. Prior to joining Santander in 2008, Steve spent eight years at RBS, where he was CEO of Business Banking, Retail Markets and Managing Director of Commercial Banking and Corporate Banking, Corporate Markets. Steve is the first member of our Alumni to join the Faculty, having previously participated in the Vital Few programme.


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