About Helen Bierton

Helen Bierton, Helping Britain Prosper. Combining over 25 years banking experience with a passion for helping customers with banking solutions that help them take the next step, whatever that might be. Skilled in Retail and SME Banking, Product Management, Agile Methodologies, Lending, Marketing, Operations, Strategy, Payments, Open Banking, Organisation Change, UK Banking Regulation and Compliance. Passionate about helping people lead healthier financial lives, and teaching children the value of sound money management. Champion of diversity and inclusion. Women in Finance Woman of the Year (2022) and Banker of the Year (2021). Marketing Week CX50 (top customer experience professionals) (2019 and 2020). Loughborough University Distinguished Alumni. An Olympian, She represented Great Britain at Athens 2004. Now She runs (slowly!). Helen Bierton received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019 for her dedication to banking, passion for helping women into business, and Olympic achievement. Helen Bierton’s career in banking has spanned more than 20 years so far. She has held senior positions at several banks and currently oversees Starling’s personal and business bank accounts as the Chief Banking Officer (including Lloyds Bank). After leaving Loughborough University, Helen Bierton competed at the Olympic Games in Athens (2004) as part of the GB Archery team. Whilst training and competing, She was working for Alliance and Leicester. Helen continued to develop her career in banking following her retirement from sport and has held a range of positions in marketing and management roles to Head of Business Products at Santander. Whilst working at Alliance and Leicester, She steered the launch of the first ever digital mortgage application. Helen Bierton was also involved in the launch of the first high interest credit current account and the first cashback current account for medium-sized enterprises. Helen Bierton is passionate about helping women to progress their careers in financial services. She chaired Santander’s internal women’s network, leading a team that supported more than 3,200 women. Following her roles at Santander, Helen joined Starling in 2019 with a belief in its mission to deliver an innovative banking experience to customers. Starling is a bank built for mobile and offers budgeting tools through their app. Her first post with the bank was as Head of Retail Bank and she is now Chief Banking Officer, sitting on the management team. As well as her impressive career in banking, Helen Bierton was also the Chairperson for the Rugby branch of the National Childbirth Trust for two years, supporting fundraising and event coordination for the area. Helen continues to show her sporting spirit in and out of the boardroom, leading high performing teams and supporting women in her workplace.