Paul Pester

Paul Pester
Born (1964-01-14) 14 January 1964 (age 62)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forVirgin Money
TSB Bank
Tandem Money

Paul David Pester (born 14 January 1964) is a British businessman and executive. He is currently the Chairman of Tandem Bank. Pester is also a non-executive Director and co-founder of FinTech accelerator, Archie. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of TSB Bank from 2013 to 2018.[1][2]

Early life

Pester grew up in Plymouth.[3] He was educated at Tamar High School, Plymouth.[4] He has a first class honours degree in physics from the University of Manchester, and a doctorate (DPhil) in mathematical physics from Brasenose College, University of Oxford in 1988.[1][5]

Career

Pester was employed by McKinsey & Co as a management consultant, before being appointed Group CEO of Virgin Money. During Pester's tenure as CEO, Virgin Money Group launched in Australia.[6] He then began working in various senior roles for Lloyds TSB, Santander and Lloyds Banking Group.[7]

In May 2011, Pester was appointed as the CEO of Project Verde and tasked with overseeing the divestment of 632 bank branches into a new bank in order to comply with a ruling of the European Commission. The divestment was required as a result of Lloyds TSB having received state aid from the British government during the 2008 financial crisis. The new bank was eventually named TSB.[8][9]

Pester was appointed in 2013 to launch TSB for the Lloyds Banking Group and, in June 2014, led the listing of the bank's shares on the London Stock Exchange. During this time, the BBC reported that he could earn more than £1.6 million that year in pay and bonuses.[10] He stepped down after a significant IT failure at the bank, which he took responsibility for. On stepping down, Pester took a substantial bonus. This was eventually found to be a ‘contractual severance pay agreement’ .[2] Pester participated in subsequent investigations into the causes of the IT issues by the FCA, PRA and law firm Slaughter and May. Ultimately the root causes of the issues were identified as a failure by Sabadell's IT subsidiary. Pester was not found to have committed any wrongdoing by the FCA, PRA, and Slaughter and May.[11][12]

In October 2015, Pester was appointed as an advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and HM Treasury on competition issues in banking, sitting as a member of the High Level Treasury Advisory Group.[13]

In 2020, Pester was appointed chair of the Fairer Finance Consumer Advisory Board. Pester co-founded Loop, a money-sharing social networking app, in 2021.[14] Between 2022 and 2025, he was chairman of Tandem Money in 2022,[15] during which period Tandem acquired Loop in April 2023.[16] He has also advised private equity groups including KKR, Centerbridge, and Pollen Street Capital (the ultimate controller of Tandem).[17]

In 2023, Pester co-founded the Fintech accelerator Archie.[18]

Personal life

Pester lives in London with his second wife, having divorced in 2015 and remarried in 2017.[3] He is also a competitive swimmer and triathlete, having represented Team GBR in the 2022 European Aquathlon Championships in Bilbao.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paul Pester". Businessweek. Retrieved 11 June 2014.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b "TSB boss to step down after IT fiasco". BBC News. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b Emma Haslett, Emma Haslett (28 April 2014). "By Emma Haslett Monday, 28 April 2014 Clean living and twinkly-eyed: The new TSB CEO is determined to change the face of banking". Management Today. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ^ Armitage, Jim (10 September 2013). "TSB to boldly go back to local banking". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Brazen Futures - Career Events". Brasenose College. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Lloyds prepares IPO option if branch auction flops". Reuters.
  7. ^ "LLOYDS BANKING GROUP ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ITS VERDE BUSINESS" (PDF). Lloyds. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  8. ^ Haslett, Emma. "TSB's Paul Pester: Before the IT meltdown". Management Today.
  9. ^ "Integration guru Paul Pester to oversee Lloyds sell-off". The Scotsman.
  10. ^ "TSB boss defends potential £1.6m pay package". BBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Former TSB chief information officer fined £81,000 over IT meltdown in 2018". The Guardian.
  12. ^ "Poor IT integration leads to M&A failures". Raconteur.
  13. ^ Wallace, Tim. "Treasury will meet challenger banks four times a year amid concerns sector is not a level playing field". Telegraph.
  14. ^ Kleinman, Mark (5 December 2021). "Former TSB CEO Pester joins fintech frenzy with launch of money-sharing social network Loop". Sky News. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Challenger bank Tandem poaches finance chief from rival Atom". Sky News. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  16. ^ Duncan, Ellie (5 April 2023). "Tandem Bank buys money-sharing app Loop". Open Banking Expo. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Former TSB chief Paul Pester moves into fintech with social network for money". Finextra.
  18. ^ "Archie Launches In London". AltFi.
  19. ^ "Results: 2022 Europe Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Bilbao - Bizkaia | 55-59 Male AG". Triathlon.org.

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