Meet the Executive team 

Alison joined CAF Bank as Chief Executive Officer in December 2019 and in 2021, she assumed responsibility for CAF Financial Solutions Limited, in addition to her role with CAF Bank. She is principally responsible for leading the Bank’s strategic focus on growing lending to charities and social enterprises and becoming the preferred banking partner for UK small and medium-sized charities.

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Dina joined CAF in 2014 having worked for specialist private bank, Duncan Lawrie, for 33 years. She has extensive experience in the management of payments, lending, banking and foreign currency operations during her career.

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Phil joined CAF Bank as Chief Finance Officer in 2021, having worked in financial services for over 20 years. Phil held a variety of Finance roles across the HSBC Group; in the UK, Europe, US and Bermuda.

Alison joined CAF Bank in May 2017 as the Chief Risk Officer, having worked for the Financial Conduct Authority for 20 years. 

During her time at the regulator, Alison worked within the Supervision division. There, she covered several financial sectors, from private client stockbrokers, IFAs/networks and building societies to credit unions and large retail banks.

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Robert joined CAF Bank in April 2022 as Chief Information Officer (CIO). He is responsible for ensuring CAF Bank has the appropriate technology solutions in place to support our strategy. This includes making sure customers and colleagues have a positive experience with our IT solutions, being responsible for appropriate IT service availability, and providing capability to our regulator.

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Stephen joined CAF Bank in February 2022 as Director of Transformation, bringing over 25 years of experience in Financial Services.  He is responsible for the programme underway to re-platform our core banking system, across the back and front office, which encompasses a complete end-to-end replacement of all the Bank's IT systems.

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Neil joined CAF in 2013 to lead our Business Development team, helping charitable organisations understand how our services could support their future goals. His role has evolved to incorporate oversight of the deposit and investment offerings within CAF Financial Solutions Ltd (CFSL) as COO and to head the development of CFSL’s and CAF Bank’s propositions for charities.

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Richard leads CAF Bank’s Charity Lending team. He is dedicated to providing a first-class lending service for charities and housing associations, so they can support their beneficiaries further.

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Johnny joined CAF Bank in January 2022 as Chief of Staff, supporting the CEO and wider Executive Team in the delivery of the Bank’s strategy and day-to-day operations. He also leads on sustainability for CAF Bank, working with teams across the organisation to develop CAF Bank’s sustainability strategy and green finance proposition.

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