The British Business Bank has appointed Neeta Atkar as a non-executive director to the board and the new chair of the British Business Bank Board Risk Committee, effective 1 July.
Atkar is chief risk officer at TSB Bank. She is a member of TSB Bank’s executive team, responsible for setting the bank’s risk appetite, strategy and framework, and advising the board and the executive on risk and regulatory matters.
Atkar has over 25 years’ experience in risk management and has held senior positions at a number of financial services firms, the Bank of England and the regulators.
Atkar says: “I’m very excited to be joining the British Business Bank. Small businesses play a vital role in both their local community and the wider economy and I look forward to playing my part in enabling them to continue to thrive.”
Ron Emerson, chairman of the British Business Bank Board, says: “We are delighted to welcome Neeta to the board. She brings a very broad perspective and experience to the risk area which will be very important as the bank grows and expands its areas of operation and, in particular, as we enter this period of increased uncertainty.”
