Andrew John Gold
Andrew is a qualified chartered accountant who also holds a treasury qualification and an in-depth knowledge of financial risk management and governance. He has spent most of his career working in retail financial services, primarily building societies. In May 2014 Andrew was appointed as a Non- Executive Director (NED) and Chief Risk Officer for the Society.
Since first joining Ecology, Andrew has been committed to our ecological mission and uses his experience to ensure the Society maintains a focus on good outcomes for all its members whilst continuing to be a thriving, sustainable organisation striving to achieve its core values and ethos at all times.
In addition, Andrew is the NED Chair of the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, supports charitable initiatives as a Rotarian and is an active member of the Ramblers Association, campaigning for the countryside with a passion for walking.
Steven John Round
Steve believes passionately in creating a fairer society through values-based banking. Having worked with major financial institutions and start-ups in the UK and internationally, Steve launched the UK’s first cloud-based platform enabling homeless people to access banking services. He also founded SaaScada, providing credit unions and new banks with leading customer-facing banking services.
Previously Chair of The Big Issue Foundation and director at Unity Trust Bank, he is a director of Centenary Bank, which focuses on environmental lending and provision of banking services for financially excluded people. Steve’s wealth of knowledge, skills and enthusiasm reinforces our position as the leading financial services organisation in the climate change challenge.
He is due to retire by rotation at the AGM after serving nine years on the Board, six of which have been as the Chair. Steve is standing for re-election for a final term of one year.
Vincent Damian Smith
Vince was co-opted onto Ecology’s Board in 2017 and elected as a Non‑Executive Director at the AGM in April 2018. His experience includes 29 years in corporate treasury roles with FTSE 100 and 250 companies and 21 years as a trustee of an environmental charity, including eight years as its Chair.
He serves on the Risk, Audit, Compliance and Ethics (RACE) and Board Lending (BLC) committees. During 2020 he became Chair of the Development Strategy Planning committee, providing oversight to the development of the Society’s 2030 strategy.
Vince is keen for the Society to grow while honing its environmental and social ethos, and to see its mortgage products delivering quality energy-efficient homes to more socially disadvantaged groups and younger people.
