JAMES BENEDICT MITCHELL

Governor

ACIB and CGMA, with an MBA from Warwick Business School and an MA from Cambridge University.

 

Career History

Ben brings a wealth of strategic marketing, planning and product innovation expertise to the board, having undertaken a number of senior management roles in financial services. Currently with Leeds Building Society, responsible for savings products and pricing, Ben previously held a number of executive positions with CYBG and HSBC. This is in addition to Ben’s prior board experience, including at the Theatre Royal Wakefield where he chaired the Finance Committee until November 2016, through a period of immense change for the funding for the arts. Ben is qualified as an ACIB and CGMA, with an MBA from Warwick Business School and an MA from Cambridge University. Outside work Ben is married with three children, who all make sure he has little time for anything else.