Paul Pester

Paul David Pester (born 14 January 1964) is a British banker. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of TSB Bank from 2013 to 2018.[1][2]

Early life

Pester grew up in Plymouth.[3] He was educated at Tamar High School, Plymouth.[4] He has a first class honours degree in physics from the University of Manchester, and a doctorate (DPhil) in mathematical physics from Brasenose College, University of Oxford in 1988.[1][5]

Career

Pester was employed by McKinsey & Co as a management consultant, before running Virgin Money, and then working in various senior roles for Lloyds TSB, Santander and Lloyds Banking Group.[6]

TSB

Pester was appointed in 2013 to launch TSB for the Lloyds Banking Group and, in June 2014, the BBC reported that he could earn more than £1.6 million that year in pay and bonuses.[7] He stepped down after a disastrous IT failure at the bank, which he claimed ultimate responsibility for. On stepping down, Pester took a substantial bonus - which raised eyebrows among TSB's customers, staff and regulators. This was eventually found to be a ‘contractual severance pay agreement’ .[2]

After TSB

Pester co-founded Loop, a money sharing social networking app, in 2021.[8] He was appointed chairman of Tandem Money in 2022.[9] Tandem acquired Loop in April 2023.[10]

Personal life

Pester lives in London with his second wife. He divorced in 2015 and remarried in 2017.[3]

References
  1. "Paul Pester". Businessweek. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. "TSB boss to step down after IT fiasco". BBC News. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. Emma Haslett, Emma Haslett (28 April 2014). "By Emma Haslett Monday, 28 April 2014 Clean living and twinkly-eyed: The new TSB CEO is determined to change the face of banking". Management Today. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. Armitage, Jim (10 September 2013). "TSB to boldly go back to local banking". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. "Brazen Futures - Career Events". Brasenose College. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. "LLOYDS BANKING GROUP ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ITS VERDE BUSINESS" (PDF). Lloyds. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. "TSB boss defends potential £1.6m pay package". BBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  8. Kleinman, Mark (5 December 2021). "Former TSB CEO Pester joins fintech frenzy with launch of money-sharing social network Loop". Sky News. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. "Challenger bank Tandem poaches finance chief from rival Atom". Sky News. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. Duncan, Ellie (5 April 2023). "Tandem Bank buys money-sharing app Loop". Open Banking Expo. Retrieved 5 June 2023.


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