John Collins, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer, Santander UK, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021, in recognition for his services to financial services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
John has been recognised for his influential leadership within Santander as well as helping to shape the support for customers and communities provided by the wider financial sector throughout the past year.
Commenting on his award, John said: “I am privileged to accept this honour as the public face of Santander. This is recognition of the spirit of who we are – by coming together like never before and adapting to this huge shock in how we live our lives, our teams worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to innovate and to be there for those most in need of support from the financial services industry. I see this award as recognition of the tireless efforts made across all teams in the bank and want to dedicate it to my colleagues.”
In addition to his day-to-day role as Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer, John is also a Santander’s Executive Sponsor for Social Mobility and was recently appointed to the independent socio-economic taskforce, run by to the City of London Corporation, looking to drive real change by improving socio-economic diversity at senior levels within UK financial and professional services.
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