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About Alex Marsh
https://www.charterpath.org.uk/
Alex Marsh is an inquisitive and driven leader with extensive board experience in the banking, fintech, and non-profit sectors, with a portfolio spanning board advisory, strategy consulting, NED, and trustee roles.
He is the Managing Director of ADG Marsh Consulting, providing a range of strategic advice and consulting services for start-ups to established corporates within the financial services and fintech sectors. Alongside this, he is currently serving as an independent non-executive director of the Centre for Finance, Innovation, and Technology (CFIT) to catalyse UK financial innovation and sits on the Board of Salad Money, an award-winning provider of fair, affordable lending.
This builds on his previous role as the UK CEO of Klarna, the market-leading provider of BNPL in the UK, serving over 18 million consumers. It was in this role that he was awarded the Business Leader of the Year at the Lending Awards 2022.
Alex Marsh is a strong believer in the power of innovation and collaboration, having been an active member of the UK Fintech Strategy Group (City of London x Innovate Finance) and the International Fintech Group (Dept of Business & Trade x Innovate Finance), and a non-executive director of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce to the UK.
Prior to this, he spent 10 years in leadership positions at Close Brothers, the UK merchant banking group, including as Managing Director of consumer payments start-up Close Brothers Retail Finance, recipients of the Best New Business Launch at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards 2016, and winners at The National Business Awards in 2017 & 2018. He led the sale of this business to Klarna in 2019.
He is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified and practiced with PwC in London & Sydney, and holds an MA (1st class) in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Having attended state-funded schools, he is passionate about championing the benefits of education for young people, acting as Chair of Governors for a state secondary school in his home town of Brighton, and is a trustee, advisor, and volunteer for a number of education-related charities.
In 2020, he co-founded the charity Charterpath with friend and former colleague Alice Clementi. Their mission is to inspire more finance professionals to volunteer their time and skills to help non-profit organisations.
He also enjoys long-distance running, having completed a variety of events around the globe, and has led teams to fundraise over £50k for charitable causes.