Merlyn Lowther has extensive experience in the financial services sector, both in senior executive roles and as a non-executive director.
Her executive career was with the Bank of England and covered statistical and economic research; markets policy and operations; HR; banking and note issue. In 1999 she was appointed Chief Cashier, becoming the first woman to sign all Bank of England banknotes.
As a non-executive she was on the boards of FTSE 100 global asset manager Schroders plc and the Co-operative Banking group and chaired their Audit and/or Risk Committees.
She was a trustee of both the Henry Smith Charity and The Churchill Fellowship for many years and is currently Deputy Chair of Council at the University of Salford and a Governor of Manchester High School for Girls.
She has a mathematics degree from Manchester University, an MBA from London Business School and an MA from the Central School of Speech and Drama. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Companion of the Institute of Management.