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Monday, December 09, 2024
Anne Boden
In 2014, Anne Boden was the first woman to found a British bank and launched Starling Bank to offer people a fairer, smarter and more human alternative to the banks of the past. They have achieved this by giving our personal and small business customers world-class technology in the palm of their hand and 24/7 customer service, allowing them to feel supported wherever they are, and whatever their financial needs. Starling Bank is now one of the most successful digital banks in the world. Anne Boden stepped aside from the CEO at Starling Bank position in June 2023. Starling Bank is going from strength to strength and she is incredibly proud of our achievements and grateful for the support of their customers. Anne Boden is passionate about opportunities to deploy technology to make the world a better and fairer place for all. She contributes to this from her platform AI by Boden Ltd and her Family Office BodenOffice.com. After graduating, Anne Boden had intended puruse a career in information technology, but accepted a job as a graduate trainee with Lloyds Banking Group. She went on to work at Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, and as Chief Information Officer at AON Corporation. Boden later joined ABN AMRO and RBS, serving as Head of EMEA and as head of Global Transaction Banking. At the group, she ran a payments business across 34 countries. Boden earned her MBA from Middlesex University in 1990 while working for Standard Chartered. In 2011 she served on the Board of Governors of Middlesex University, which awarded her an honorary doctorate degree in July 2018. Anne Boden joined Allied Irish Banks in 2012 as Chief Operating Officer to help the bank recover from the financial crisis of 2008. In 2020 Boden became a member of the board of the trade association for the UK's banks and financial services companies, UK Finance, and also an advisor to the UK government's Board of Trade. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum. In 2020 Boden published the book Banking On It: How I Disrupted an Industry. Boden was awarded an MBE in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to fintech. Starling's Anne Boden named CEO of the year at the Digital Masters Awards in 2020. In July 2023, Boden was awarded an honorary doctorate by Swansea University, from which she had earned her bachelor's degree.

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