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Bridget Rosewell CBE, Tania Songini, Marianne 脴kland and Nigel Topping will be the first set of permanent non-executive directors on the board of the UKIB.

皇冠体育app Bank, which was launched at its headquarters in Leeds in June last year, is tasked with accelerating investment into ambitious infrastructure projects, cutting emissions and levelling up across the UK.

Since its launch, the Bank has completed seven deals, including financing the UK鈥檚 largest solar farm in south Wales, investing 拢100 million to provide high-capacity broadband to around 500,000 properties in hard-to-reach UK premises and a further 拢50 million to improve digital connectivity for rural homes and businesses across Northern Ireland.

皇冠体育app appointment of four new non-executive directors, all with extensive experience in the Bank鈥檚 areas of interest, will strengthen the Bank as it finalises its set-up.

皇冠体育app Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, said:

Since its launch nearly a year ago, the Bank has already delivered on its mandate, investing in projects that will support net zero and levelling up across the whole of the UK.

皇冠体育appse appointments will further strengthen the Bank鈥檚 capability and support it to deliver on its goals.

皇冠体育app Chair of the UK Infrastructure Bank, Chris Grigg CBE said:

皇冠体育app appointment of this exceptional group of non-executive directors is a real milestone for the Bank, as we approach our one-year anniversary and prepare to publish our strategy in the coming weeks.

I am very pleased we鈥檝e secured such a diverse and globally experienced team, who will help us build on the great start we鈥檝e made to deliver against our mission and support a culture of innovation, learning and excellence as we grow.

Rishi Sunak has appointed Ms Rosewell as Chair of UKIB鈥檚 Audit and Risk Committee for a term of four years, alongside Ms Songini who has agreed to act as interim Renumeration Committee Chair for a year after which she will be a non-executive director for the remaining three years of her term.

He has also appointed Ms 脴kland and Mr Topping as non-executive directors for a term of three years, with all the appointments taking effect from 9 June 2022.

Ms Rosewell CBE is an experienced director, policy maker and economist, with a track record in advising public and private sector clients on key strategic issues. She chairs Atom Bank and the M6 Toll Company and is a non-executive for Northumbrian Water Group.聽 Among other roles, she has chaired the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, been Senior Independent Director for Network Rail and Chief Economic Adviser to the Greater London Authority.

Ms Songini has built a portfolio of non-executive director roles including with companies such as 皇冠体育app Private Infrastructure Development Group (a development finance fund for infrastructure projects in Africa and Asia), Thrive Renewables, Guernsey Electricity and the Energy Systems Catapult. Prior to 2015 she worked for the leading global engineering and technology services company Siemens for 18 years in their logistics, healthcare and energy businesses, where she held a number of finance director roles.

Ms 脴kland currently serves on the Board of Directors of Scorpio Tankers Inc and as an independent director on the Professional Welsh Rugby Board responsible for the Welsh national teams and professional regional teams. Previously she held various board positions including chairing a number of board committees at IDFC Limited, IDFC Alternatives (India), Islandsbanki (Iceland), the National Bank of Greece, NLB (Slovenia) as well as Hermitage Offshore. Her executive career was spent at JP Morgan and UBS structuring and raising debt capital for some of the most significant mergers and acquisitions in the Nordic area.

Mr Topping brings a unique mix of experience to the Bank, running manufacturing businesses in UK regions and working on the industrial transformation to the zero carbon economy.聽 He spent the first half of his career in automotive component manufacturing. Since 2006 he has worked on how to use the power of business to accelerate the zero carbon transition, working at the Carbon Disclosure Project, leading the We Mean Business Coalition, launching the Science Based Targets Initiative and most recently appointed by the Prime Minister as the High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26 where he launched the Race To Zero and the 2030 Climate Breakthroughs.

Yesterday, the UK Infrastructure Bank , as permanent recruitment to the Bank now accelerates.

About the Appointment Process

Bridget Rosewell, Tania Songini, Marianne 脴kland and Nigel Topping were selected following a fair and open competition. An advisory assessment panel chaired by Chris Grigg (Chair, UK Infrastructure Bank) and also consisting of Anna Payton (Executive Director, UK Government Investments), and Neeta Aktar (NED, British Business Bank) interviewed a number of candidates and made recommendations to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor, which informed the selection decision.

皇冠体育app Treasury is committed to appointing a diverse range of people to public appointments and works to attract the broadest range of suitable applicants for posts. 皇冠体育appre were 153 applications for these positions, of which 16 candidates were shortlisted for interview. Based on data disclosed during the appointment process, the table below shows the diversity profile of applicants and interviewees. 皇冠体育app diversity breakdown for this appointment is below.

	Gender	Ethnicity	Disability	Sexual orientation
All applicants	66% male; 34% female;	77% white; 23% ethnically diverse	99% no disability; 1% identified as having a disability	86% heterosexual; 14% LGBTQ*
Interviewees	70% male; 30% female	90% white; 10% ethnically diverse	100% no disability	100% heterosexual