About Solange Chamberlain

Solange Chamberlain, Proven track record of designing and executing complex transactions / projects. Experience of building and managing diverse teams. Passionate about getting girls into STEM. Involved in a small number of start-ups as mentor and investor. Experienced value based financial services leader with strong background in executive business and functional roles covering strategy, balance sheet management, financial performance management, transformation, digital channels and developing plans to support transition to net zero (scope 1-3). Experience of building and managing diverse teams; strong external and internal stakeholders (board, regulators etc). Believe in building and managing high performing diverse teams to deliver sustainable results. Solange was appointed NatWest’s Group Director of Strategic Development in April 2024. She is responsible for working alongside the executive leadership team to put in place and progress the bank’s strategy. She also leads the Climate and Sustainable Banking agenda, focused on how to best support our customers through transitions.  Solange has strong expertise in strategic transformation, digital and balance sheet management. She was previously the Chief Operating Officer of NatWest’s Commercial & Institutional (C&I) business and played a leading role in bringing together the businesses supporting the bank’s customers from entrepreneurs and start-ups through to multi-nationals and financial institutions. During this time, she was also part of the Group’s RBSI Board.  Prior to joining NatWest in 2019, Solange held a range of senior roles at Lloyds Banking Group across Corporate Development, Treasury, Insurance and Commercial Banking, supporting the organisation’s simplification and return to private ownership. Through her career Solange has provided advisory services to a wide range of financial institutions, having spent time at Lazard, Citigroup and Perella Weinberg.  Originally from France, Solange graduated from Imperial College London with a first-class honours’ degree in Mathematics. She now lives in London with her husband and two daughters.