Andy is an experienced board member with more than 30 years in finance and business.
He brings relevant experience to the Society including being Chief Finance Officer at Hampden & Co, a growing small independent bank, safely driving it from inception to profitability.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales, Andy lives in Edinburgh and supports a number of community groups in his
local area.
He enjoys keeping fit and, whatever the weather, walking with his dog in the Pentland Hills.
Andrew was elected as a Non-Executive Director at the AGM in April 2024.
Kellie has over 24 years’ experience in global regulations and risk management within the financial services industry. She served as a NED on Quoted Company Alliance (UK) during 2024 and is the founder of a consultancy that advises start‑ups, SMEs and listed companies on financial, risk and sustainability standards.
She helps businesses build efficient operating models, secure funding, obtain licences and navigate change, with a focus on purpose-led and social impact businesses.
Outside work, Kellie volunteers with a charity which provides coaching, mentoring and advice to disadvantaged 12 to 14 year olds, helping them to progress through education so they can understand and work towards their career aspirations.
Kellie was elected as a Non-Executive Director at the AGM in April 2024.
Sameera is a qualified accountant and has worked in the mutual sector for almost 20 years, latterly as Director of Financial Strategy and Business Partnering with Skipton Building Society.
Sameera’s expertise spans across several financial and strategic disciplines, including financial planning, stress testing, business partnering, strategic
costs, procurement and commercial strategy, within a complex regulated
environment.
Beyond Ecology, Sameera served as a Non-Executive Director of Leeds Credit Union until November 2024 and chairs Beckfoot Allerton School Trust, in her local West Yorkshire community.
At home, Sameera is married with two young children. She enjoys quality family time, walks in the outdoors and travelling to new destinations.
Sameera’s role as Non-Executive Director is subject to election at the AGM in April 2025. The 2024 indicative vote to elect has been declared invalid, as clause 13(1)(d) of the Society’s rules was not fulfilled at the time of election.
Christopher was co-opted to the Ecology Board in September 2023 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and elected in April 2024.
He brings over 15 years’ experience working within financial services and building societies, having previously been CFO at Darlington and Beverley building societies.
Prior to this he worked at PwC, providing assurance services to financial institutions. Christopher is also a Non-Executive Director at Believe Housing Limited, a housing association providing affordable homes across the North East.
Supporting the national housing agenda, Jaedon brings extensive experience in consumer regulated industries, housing and financial services.
Prior to becoming a Non-Executive Director (NED), Jaedon was Chief Customer Officer at Leeds Building Society, routinely consulted by Government, developers, trade bodies and the Bank of England as an independent subject matter expert.
Jaedon is also a NED at Community Housing Group Ltd and at Castles & Coasts Housing Association Ltd, as well as an Independent Member of the Audit & Risk Committee at Yorkshire Housing Ltd. He served as a NED at Leeds Federated Housing Association until September 2024.
Jaedon lives in Leeds, albeit he can often be found walking the Lake District fells with his rescue trail hound.
Jaedon was elected as a Non-Executive Director at the AGM in April 2023.
Gareth joined Ecology in June 2022 and was elected to the Board in April 2023. He was previously Head of Retail Banking at Triodos Bank and also held leadership roles at RAC and HSBC.
Gareth sees Ecology being able to ‘challenge the norm’ and highlight to a broken financial system that there is a better way to do business, with Members and colleagues at the forefront.
Gareth is a Chartered Banker and has a passion to try and achieve change.
As well as being Chief Executive, Gareth was elected to the Ecology Board at the AGM in April 2023.
Louise is an actuary and risk specialist with 30 years of experience in actuarial consulting, software development and academia, having worked with a variety of clients in the public and private sectors.
Her recent experience is in climate risk and sustainability, with a focus on the role of the financial services sector.
Louise is a past President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and an Honorary Professor in the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction.
As well as trying to change the global financial system so that it acts in support of a just society and a sustainable world, Louise is a keen hill walker (in spite of living in Cambridge), an avid parkrunner, and enjoys researching early medieval landscape history.
Giovanni is an IT professional with over 25 years’ industry experience and spent his early career as a management consultant – initially in the USA, before relocating to the UK.
He has worked in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, telecoms and energy.
Giovanni was CEO of Doosan Digital Innovation Europe from 2014 until March 2025, a company delivering Digitaland Cybersecurity services to customers in a variety of sectors.
Giovanni lives in Glasgow with his wife and three teenage children. In his spare time, he enjoys both the outdoors (practising sports such as triathlon) and indoors (reading, playing guitar and chess).
Giovanni was elected as a Non-Executive Director at the AGM in April 2023.
