About John Mountain

John Mountain is Interim Chief Executive Officer of Starling Bank. John Mountain joined Starling in 2015 initially leading the software build and launch for its proprietary core banking systems. After six years on the executive team as Chief Information Officer and with Starling’s UK business growing rapidly, John Mountain moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer and then interim Chief Executive Officer, focused on creating the most connected, scalable and always-on banking service in the world and previously John Mountain worked for BJSS software engineering and infrastructure practice across a variety of clients and sectors and also was software lead for Alfa Systems v5 finance platform. As Chief Information Officer, He is responsible for IT strategy and ensuring the technology platform delivers the retail banking product required by Starling and expected by the Regulator. After many years as a technical architect working for clients such as Lloyds and Bank of America, he became increasingly frustrated with the inefficiency and lack of commitment to improving technology at the traditional banks. If he wasn’t working at Starling, John Mountain would be sailing around the world (or at least to France) and probably trying to solve some software problems on the way. John Mountain, based in United Kingdom, is currently a Solution Architect at Starling Bank. He brings experience from previous roles at Starling Bank and Pay.UK. He holds a 1997 - 2001 Bachelor's degree in Mathematics @ University of Cambridge.