Simon

I also served 27 years in Midland/HSBC undertaking varied roles in retail banking, business and corporate banking as well as regional positions across the South West and London.

I spent the last 10 years of my banking career as a Senior Commercial Manager in Cornwall and Devon. Since leaving in 2012 I have been busy doing what I felt were the good parts of being a “proper bank manager” : assisting numerous businesses in raising funds and providing practical and strategic advice to help them survive, thrive and move forward.

I cannot claim to have played Rugby at Twickenham but my best claims to fame are that I was Margaret Thatcher’s bank manager for a while and I have appeared in the credits of a film (that not many people have watched !)

Personally, my life revolves around our two grown up children, grandchildren and our niece who has lived with us since she was 5 years old but is now a teenager (the same age as our granddaughter).  The rest of my time is taken up by a never ending project to extend our home outwards and upwards and hoping that we will get it completed before Nicola leaves me!