The Society's Board of Directors
Nathan Moss
Society Chair and Chair of the Nominations Committee
Nathan Moss was appointed Chair in January 2018 having joined the Society's Board in June 2017. He has over 40 years' experience in the wealth management, bank and insurance sectors.
During his career, Nathan has undertaken senior executive roles at HSBC, Scottish Widows, Lloyds TSB and Friends Life. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Canada Life Group and MGM Retirement Advantage. He is also Chair of Stonehaven UK Ltd. He has previously held Non-Executive roles at One Savings Bank plc and Homeserve.
Martin Bryant, MA, MBA
Senior Independent Director and Chair of Wesleyan Bank Limited Martin was appointed to the Board in June 2011 and has over 30 years of sales, marketing and strategy experience. He spent 13 years working for The Boots Group in various roles, including Group Director of Business Development. Prior to that he was Chief Executive at The Shareholder Executive, providing corporate finance advice to 27 government-owned businesses, with an asset base of £20bn.
He was also Strategy Director at the Home Office and Chief Operating Officer of BP Retail. Martin became Chair of Wesleyan Bank in January 2013, having joined its Board in September 2012. He holds a number of other Non-Executive positions including Chair of Scouts Shops Ltd and Deputy Chair of Nuffield Health.
Nigel Masters, FIA
Chair of the Risk Committee Nigel joined the Board in 2012 and has over 40 years' in the life insurance industry. He has held a number of senior actuarial positions including Group Chief Life Actuary for Zurich Financial Services and is also a past President of the Institute of Actuaries. Nigel was a partner at PwC for 14 years where he was involved in extensive mergers and acquisition activity and advised on international financial reporting.
He is a Non-Executive Chair JP Morgan Life Limited.
Andrew Neden MA, FCA
Chair of the Audit Committee
Andrew was appointed to the Board in November 2014. He worked for 30 years at KPMG, the global accountancy firm, including 18 years as a partner. His roles included Head of Financial Sector Transaction Services in the UK and Global Chief Operating Officer for Financial Services. Andrew is also a Non-Executive Director at the Nottingham Building Society, Aetna Insurance Company Limited and ABC International Bank PLC and holds a number of other pro-bono board positions in the not-for-profit and private sectors.
Anne Torry BA (Hons) ACII
Non Executive Director
Anne joined the Board in January 2019. She has more than 30 years' experience of strategic leadership, working internationally in both the life and savings and general insurance sectors, most recently as CEO of Zurich UK Life. Prior to joining the Board, Anne was a member of Wesleyan's With Profits and Investments Committees. She continues to sit on the With Profits Committee and is also on the Risk and Remuneration Committees. She is a Non-Executive director at Homeserve Membership Ltd and Aon UK Ltd and is Chair of the Zurich Community Trust.
Linda Wilding
Chair - Remuneration Committee
Linda joined the Board on 1 June 2019 and will chair the Remuneration Committee, subject to regulatory approval. She has extensive experience in the private equity investment and healthcare sectors. Having qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young, she worked in the private equity division of Mercury Asset Management from 1989 to 2001.
She is an experienced non-executive director and has sat on a number of remuneration and audit committees, including her current role as Chair of the Remuneration Committee with UDG Healthcare plc. She is also a non-executive director at Electra plc and BMO Commercial Property Trust plc.
Ian McCaig
Non Executive Director
Ian has worked across a number of sectors, most recently as CEO of First Utility Ltd, one of the first challenger entrants to the UK energy market. He led the company through a period of successful transformation and significant growth.
Prior to that he was CEO of lastminute.com, the pioneering online travel and leisure business. Ian also serves on the Boards of M-Kopa Ltd, Seedrs Ltd, the British Tourist Authority, English Heritage and Festicket of which he is Chair.
Mario Mazzocchi
Group Chief ExecutiveMario became Wesleyan Group CEO on 1 August 2019, having served as Chief Operating Officer since he joined Wesleyan in December 2018. He moved from Lloyds Banking Group where his most recent role was Chief Operating Officer for their Insurance & Wealth Division.
Previous roles have included Managing Director of the Financial Planning and Retirement business line at Scottish Widows, Chief Operating Officer for the Commercial Banking Division, Operations Director of Asset Finance and Head of Brand for the Group.
Before working at Lloyds, Mario gained extensive experience in different industries, markets and sectors including marketing, sales and strategy.
Ahmed Farooq BSc, ACMA, DIP IoD
Chief Financial Officer
Ahmed became Chief Financial Officer in November 2015 after holding a number of senior roles at Wesleyan. Having joined the Society in 2010, he was appointed Head of Finance in 2011 and Managing Director of the General Insurance division in 2014. He now leads the Finance and Actuarial teams.
Ahmed was named the West Midlands Young Director of the Year by the Institute of Directors in 2017.