Steve has more than 25 years' experience in the financial services sector. He was head of Barclays PLC's capital markets execution division between 2009 and 2015; ran the global restructuring of Barclays PLC from 2015-2018 (including the establishment of Barclays UK Retail Bank and mitigating any impacts on the Bank's UK Retirement Fund); and became COO of Barclays Bank PLC in 2018. He then ran the Bank's European securitisation franchise until February 2023 - which included the build out of its sustainability division. Since June 2023 he has been an adviser to the Green Finance Institute and sits on the advisory panel to the ABI's investment delivery forum, focusing on facilitating investment from the pension and insurance sectors into the U.K.'s green infrastructure transition.