Iain Gordon

Iain sits on the senior leadership team of First Direct Bank (part of the HSBC Group) and has a role overseeing all change management. Originally, Iain completed a law degree and had a period playing professional rugby but when he felt that a life as a professional sportsman was not what he wanted he returned to university to complete a master’s degree in business management and joined HSBC as a graduate trainee. Iain worked for the bank supporting small businesses with their growth plans and had a range of leadership roles including a spell working at the UK HQ in Canary Wharf. Iain now leads a team of staff to implement a range of changes to banking approaches. He is used to agile team management to deal with the varying projects that he develops and implements. These include technical and operational changes as well as fundamental changes to business approaches.