Jane Leach - Board member

'As I get to know the Society and the Board, I’m in awe of how selfless the people I meet here are. I can see first-hand what drives decisions and actions – the desire to create and preserve member value, both now and in the future, as well as caring for the wider community. I look forward to working with colleagues, both to protect your money, continue to bring value and improve our services.'

Jane Leach

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Board

October 2025

Committee membership

Member of Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee.

Experience

Jane is an experienced board, audit and risk committee chair in the financial sector. She has deep control function and governance expertise, combined with skills in strategic commercial leadership.

She began her career at KPMG where she went on to become a Partner. She then led KPMG’s Financial Services Risk Practice, advising a wide range of clients across the financial services industry. Jane went on to become Head of Group Capital and Regulatory Reporting at HSBC. She was later appointed Group Capital Controller. While in this role, Jane oversaw capital allocation and management across HSBC’s global operations. After her time at HSBC, Jane became Senior Advisor at the Bank of England. She advised on supervision and policy development. Jane is a Chartered Accountant. Her broad portfolio reflects a deep commitment to sound governance, ethical oversight, and impactful leadership across both commercial and charitable sectors.

External appointments

Jane is Chair of Jupiter Asset Management’s UK Fund Manager (JUTM), UK Chair of Audit, Risk, and Compliance at PayPal. She is Chair of Audit at American International Group, UK, and Chair of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, a national child protection charity.

'I've always been drawn to values-driven organisations that put their customers and the communities they serve at the heart of everything they do, and I've always admired the building society movement. I am very much looking forward to working with my colleagues to bring great value backed up by excellent service to many more people.'

Manage your cookies

We use three types of cookies to improve your experience. You can choose which optional cookies you’d like to allow below. We’ll save your preferences and apply them when you visit our site in the future. You can find out more in our Cookie Policy.

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for our website to work. They keep you secure, make sure pages load properly and enable basic features like navigation. These can’t be turned off.

Always active

Performance / analytics cookies

Performance cookies help us understand how you use our website, so we can make it better. They only collect anonymous data, like how long you spend on a page.

Advertising cookies

Advertising cookies help to show you ads that match your interests. They’re managed by trusted third parties so you should only see things that are relevant to you.

Jane Leach Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Board October 2025

Committee membership Member of Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee.

External appointments Jane is Chair of Jupiter Asset Management’s UK Fund Manager (JUTM), UK Chair of Audit, Risk, and Compliance at PayPal. She is Chair of Audit at American International Group, UK, and Chair of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, a national child protection charity.