Helping people across the UK access the cash services they need

Sir Mark Boleat was appointed Chairman of Link Scheme Holdings Ltd in March 2017. For five years until May 2017 he was the Chairman of the City of London’s Policy and Resources Committee, and in this capacity was also Deputy Chairman of TheCity UK (the promotional body for the UK finance industry) and the International Regulatory Strategy Group, a Vice Chair of London Councils and a Board Member of London and Partners. He Chair of the Board of the International Business and Diplomatic Exchange and Senior Advisor to the Policy Centre Jersey.

Sir Mark has been chief executive of three major trade associations: the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers.  More recently he has held a number of commercial, public sector and charity positions.  He has been Chairman of the Jersey Development Company, Andium Homes and the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities, a director of four insurance companies and two listed companies (Comino and Countryside Properties) and a member of the National Consumer Council, the Regulatory Policy Committee and the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.  He has also run his own consultancy business, working for international agencies on housing finance and for corporates and public sector bodies on regulation, public policy and trade association structures and organisation.  He has been Chairman of two charities and a governor of three schools.  Mark was awarded a knighthood for services to the financial services industry and local government in London in June 2017.

John is CEO of the LINK Scheme, the UK's cash machine network and Link Scheme Holdings Ltd. He is also a member of LINK’s Consumer Council, a Commissioner for the Financial Inclusion Commission and a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of MedCo, the medical report system. Previous roles include member of the UK Executive Board of Capgemini Consulting, as lead for the Department for Work and Pensions advisory business, plus a number of major local government transformations.  His early career was with Gemini Consulting’s financial services strategy practice and Lloyds Bank. John has a first degree in Materials Science from Keble College, Oxford and an MBA with Distinction from London Business School. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Lord Hunt is Chairman of the Financial Services Division of the international commercial law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP, where he has been a partner since 1969. He has been a parliamentarian for over 40 years, first as MP for Wirral, then Wirral West, from 1976-1997, subsequently as a life peer.  He was a Minister in successive Governments for 16 years and a member of the Cabinets of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He is the current Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.  In addition to his role as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Link Scheme Holdings Ltd, he is immediate past Chairman of the British Insurance Brokers' Association and is an independent non-executive director of Global Risk Partners Limited.  He became Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission in 2011 and established the new Independent Press Standards Organisation, serving as its inaugural chairman until 2014.

Alison joined LINK on 1 November 2024. She brings valuable experience of the financial services sector from a range of perspectives, including as an economist in the City; as Director of Financial Services at HM Treasury, with responsibilities including payments and financial inclusion; and as founding CEO of the Financial Services Culture Board. Alison is a Fellow of the Society of Professional Economists, and holds Non-Executive Director roles in the health and charity sectors.

In addition to his role at LINK, Chris is Managing Director of Ireland & Managing Partner BOI at Kyndryl and Chairman of DVCP.  With over 30 years banking and financial services experience his background includes consulting, IBM and KPMG, coupled with a broad range of Financial Institution executive roles including being Executive Director & COO at The Co-operative Bank and holding COO/CIO roles at Williams & Glyn, Ulster Bank and RBS Corporate Bank.

Chris is a Certified Bank Director, SMF accredited and was also a Non-Executive Director at Chetwood Financial.

John spent 31 years with Standard Life in a variety of senior executive and board roles. From 2010 to 2017 he was Chief Risk Officer of Standard Life’s insurance, pensions and savings businesses in UK and Europe. Prior to this his roles included Managing Director, Customer Operations, Managing Director of Finance and Chief Executive and Finance Director of Standard Life Bank.

John has also held various other Non-Executive Director roles in the Financial Services sector.

Tracey Graham is a portfolio Non Executive Director, on the Boards of Close Brothers plc (Merchant Banking), discover IE plc (Electronics), Ibstock plc (Building Supplies) and Nationwide Building Society.  Tracey was Chief Executive of Talaris Limited having led a Management buyout in 2008 from De La Rue plc. She has also held senior positions in banking and insurance with HSBC and AXA Insurance.

Bill is a career banker having spent over 30 years with RBS Group where he was part of the wider Group Executive team. Bill undertook various roles, principally in Operations and Customer Service, where he was Director of Operations for the RBS cards business and Managing Director of TRACKER (Network) UK Limited. Bill has also worked overseas in Jersey and Gibraltar, helping create RBS International. Bill helped establish Tesco Bank’s insurance business as Director Insurance Operations and was part of the Tesco Executive team. Latterly Bill was Chief Operating Officer of YourCash Europe Limited, an independent ATM deployer operating ATM’s across Europe.. 

Bill is a Chartered Banker and Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a previous winner of the Institute's Bisland prize. Bill holds an MBA with Distinction from the University of Strathclyde.

Bill’s appointment to the LINK Board is his first Non-Executive role.

David Rigney is a Non-Executive Director of Link Scheme Holdings Ltd and Chair of the LINK Audit Committee.  In addition, David has considerable experience as an Executive and Non-Executive Director and is a qualified accountant.  He was a main Board Executive Director at Nationwide Building Society, part of David's responsibilities at Nationwide covered Payments including the ATM network. David was also previously Chairman of BACS. He has also held Non-Executive Director roles in Central Government and in the Energy, Financial Services and Sport sectors.

David has a MBA from Manchester Business School and a MA in Sports History from De Montfort University.

Sushil joined LINK on 1 November 2024. Sushil has strong experience in financial services, international business and technology led transformation. Sushil’s previous roles include CEO for Accenture’s EMEA Financial Services business and Executive Director for technology at the Bank of England, including responsibility for critical national infrastructure and payments.