Colin Storrar

Group Chief Executive Officer

Colin became Group CEO on 10th June 2019, having first joined Lowell as Group Chief Financial Officer in 2013. 

Previously he was at HSBC Bank PLC, where he managed a multi-billion pound asset base for both First Direct and HSBC’s contact centre and digital channels. Before joining HSBC, Colin held a number of senior roles with GE Consumer Finance, and has extensive audit and consultancy experience with Arthur Andersen and Deloitte.

Colin is a Qualified Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern History from the University of Leeds, and an MSc in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics.

Eva Eisenschimmel

Group Chief Risk Officer

Eva is Chief Risk, Reputation, Strategy & Sustainability Officer at Lowell, having previously held the position of Chief of Staff for 5 years. She is a senior Executive with an impressive track record in organisational transformation, marketing, and customer experience.

Previously, Eva was MD Telephone and Digital Banking then Group CMO & Culture Director at Lloyds Banking Group, Chief Operating Officer & CMO at EDF Energy, VP Europe at Allied Domecq, Head of Relationship Marketing at British Airways, Commercial Director Europe for Häagen-Dazs, as well as co-founding her own digital marketing agency early in her career.

Being a values led person, Lowell’s mission - to “Make Credit Work Better for All” hugely inspires her. She says, of her career: There are three common threads that bind my experience. Great brands, customer focus and great people.

Eva is also a Non-Executive Director & Remuneration Committee Chair at Saga plc and has held NED positions with First Utility, Water Plus and Virgin Money.

Jamie Wilson

Group Chief Financial Officer

Jamie joined Lowell in March 2020. He has wide senior leadership experience, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avon Products Inc. Before that, he spent over a decade in senior roles at SABMiller, latterly as Chief Finance Officer and a Main Board Director.

Having gained a degree in Law from Edinburgh University, Jamie started his career as a trainee accountant & corporate tax manager, qualified as a Chartered Accountant and joined the finance team at Highland Distillers, before being appointed MD of Highland Malt Distilling. He continued to build his career in the drinks sector, by working within Remy Cointreau and Scottish & Newcastle PLC, before joining SAB Miller PLC.

John Pears

UK CEO

John joined Lowell in May 2018 bringing over 18 years of credit management, operations and risk experience to his role as UK Managing Director. John’s career spans across global financial firms, including Bank of America, MBNA Europe Bank Ltd and most recently as Credit Risk and Operations Director at Shop Direct. John has a BA (Hons) in Geography from Liverpool University.

Johan Agerman

Nordics and DACH CEO

Johan joined the Group in March 2019 as Managing Director of our Nordic region, he was appointed CEO of our Nordics and DACH regions in March 2023.

Johan has an extensive career at senior management level, including serving as the CEO of Länsförsäkringar AB. Before that, he was the CEO of Trygg-Hansa, the Swedish brand RSA Insurance Group, where he also held various roles including IS & Change Director and CIO.

His experience as an industry expert is highly valued and utilized by the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, where he is supporting a PhD student and two professors on their thesis.

Johan holds a BSc in Business Administration from Uppsala University, and has participated in the Advanced Management Programme at Stockholm School of Economics. He also served as a Naval Officer at the Swedish Naval Academy.

Toby Walter

Group Chief Transformation Officer

Toby joined Lowell in November 2022 as the Group’s Chief Transformation Officer. Toby brings with him a wealth of experience in financial services and will be instrumental in helping the Group evolve so that it can continue to transform and stay relevant to our markets and aspirations.

Prior to joining Lowell, Toby held board level roles, including leading Commercial and Consumer Business Lines and Chief of Staff/Strategy positions in large and small financial institutions including HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NM Rothschild & Co.

Toby is currently a NED of Charity Bank Limited. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a BSC (1^st class) degree in Physics from Durham University.

Bitte Ferngren

Group Chief People Officer

A law graduate of the University of Stockholm, Bitte joined the Group in June 2020 from Scandic Hotels, where she was Senior Vice President Group HR and Sustainability. Before that, she spent four years as HR Director for Royal Sun Alliance Scandinavia and previously served in various roles with TeliaSonera. Bitte has experience of working across multiple countries, has financial services experience, and has been responsible for driving people transformation with companies of similar size to Lowell.

Andy Green

Chairman

Appointed: October 2019

• Expansive, global non-executive career
• Previous CEO and Executive Board level roles at BT Group plc and Logica plc.
• Diverse industry experience including Telecoms, IT, Humanitarian Relief, Space, Financial Services, Management Consultancy and Oil.
  

With his 30 year Non-Executive leadership career in regulated and non-regulated industries, Andy brings exactly the right mix of strategic knowledge and humanity to his role at Lowell Group. 

Alongside his Chairmanship at Lowell, he is also a Trustee of WWF UK, Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission, a Senior Independent Director of Airtel Africa, Vice Chair of the Disasters Emergency Committee and Chairs the Risk Committee at the Link Group. 

Trond Brandsrud

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: April 2019

• Experienced CFO, CEO, Advisor and Non-Executive Director with an interest in listed and private equity companies. 
• Experienced Chairman of Audit and Risk committees.

Trond joined the board at Lowell in 2019 and he Chairs the Group Audit Committee as well as holding the position of Chair of Lowell Finans AS - a Lowell subsidiary regulated by the Norwegian FSA. He also serves in a Non-Executive Director capacity at one of the largest European independent oil companies, Aker BP, as well as PGS (a global offshore seismic group) and Waterise (an international desalination company).

Sally-Ann Hibberd

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: July 2022

• Highly experienced Non-Executive Director with a breadth of experience across diverse financial services industries; including insurance, banking, bancassurance, life assurance and investment management.
• Experienced ESG and Risk Committee Chair

Sally-Ann has an extensive Non-Executive Directorship career spanning nearly 10 years.  In addition to Lowell Group she is currently the Chair at The Clear Group, a NED and Chair of the ESG Committee at IG Group.  Prior Non-Executive experience includes the Co-operative Bank, Equiniti Group, Loughborough University, Shawbrook Bank and NFU Mutual.   Sally-Ann chairs the Group Risk Committee and Group Sustainability Committee.

Benoit Vauchy

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: November 2020

• Partner, Permira with a strong private equity investment track record

Benoit has been involved with the Lowell Board since 2020. He brings a wealth of expertise in private equity leadership spanning JP Morgan through to his current membership of the Investment and Executive Committees at Permira. As well as Lowell, Benoit serves on the Boards of Universidad Europea and EDreams Odigeo, both in Madrid.  

David Brueckmann

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: August 2016

• Principal, Permira with an interest in the Services sector

David has been involved with the Lowell Board since 2016. In his current role at Permira he focuses on investment opportunities across the Services sector, and he serves on the Board of Engel & Volkers in Hamburg. Prior to Permira, David worked at Advent International. 

Dan Rosenberg

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: January 2020

• VP, Permira with an interest in the Services sector

Dan has been involved with the Lowell Board since 2020. In his current role at Permira he focuses on opportunities in the financial services, fintech and tech-enabled services space, and has been involved in transactions including Axiom, Engel & Volkers and Carta. He has previously served on the Boards of regulated financial services companies in the UK and Portugal and worked at Cabot Square Capital prior to Permira. 

Riccardo Basile

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: October 2022

• Operating Partner, Permira with expertise in operational transformation programmes

Riccardo has been involved with the Lowell Board since 2022. He brings significant experience in the delivery of supply change transformation programmes for PwC and five years delivering operational transformation programmes for AlixPartners. In his current role as Operating Partner at Permira he has been involved in several high-profile transactions including Tricor, Allegro, Axiom and Magento. 

Like many of Lowell’s Board, Riccardo volunteers his breadth of financial skills as a Trustee. At present he is working with the UK charity Speech and Language UK. 

Marvin Teubner

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: February 2016

• Experienced global Non-Executive director
• Financial career within private equity and investment banking with a focus on the Services and Industrial sectors across EMEA

Marvin brings a truly global Non-Executive skillset to the Lowell board. Alongside his current role as Managing Director of Private Capital EMEA at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan - Canada’s largest single profession pension plan - he holds Non-Executive directorships with Logoplaste (Portugal) and Techem (Germany).

Cleo Cheung Goodman

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: January 2020

• Strong private equity experience and background
• Led several high-profile acquisitions and exits for global names

Cleo has spent 12 years with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, four of which as Director, leading origination, execution and management of direct investments in the financial services sector across Europe. She has successfully led high profile transactions including the sale of Helly Hansen and Burton’s Biscuits. 

Cleo is also involved in a number of pro-bono and voluntary pursuits including community youth projects and supporting the entry and advancement of women in the Capital Markets industry.