Board Members

John is a UK citizen and a graduate Chemical Engineer with an MBA from London Business School. After a career in the Chemical Industry and Energy Consulting, John is now an independent consultant and has a number of volunteer roles.  John is Chair of ThamesBank Credit Union and a Director of Credit Union Solutions.  He is a keen ‘allotmenteer’ and a representative on the Barnes Horticultural and Allotments Society committee. John is the proud owner of a “Pets As Therapy” labradoodle called Poppy, with whom he spends time visiting Kingston Hospital and a local primary school. John is married, he has six children and two grandchildren.

 

For over 30 years, Mukesh has played a role in the international corporate world in areas such as Risk, Audit, Compliance and Business Management, with such prestigious names as British Airways. In more recent years, he has undertaken several, largely non-executive, roles with pension funds and within the Third Sector. Mukesh has a Master’s Degree in Management & IT, and also holds a specialist qualification of CISM – Certified Information Security Manager – issued by ISACA. With particular skills and experience in asset allocation and strategy, he has also acted as Chair of a Local Pension Panel which managed a fund selection in excess of £1.2 billion. He has also presided as Chair to many charities and Third Sector organisations. In his “downtime”, through his involvement with the Hounslow Rotary, he has co-founded a project called “Rotary World’s Greatest Meal to Help End Polio”, which has helped to save over 16.5 Million children from Polio. He had been a Councillor & the Deputy Mayor Of The London Borough of Hounslow during 2017/18. He is married with three children, he has also become a grandfather of three.

Edward has spent many years working in the finance industry. He also has a background in IT. As a member of the Thamesbank board he focuses on the regulatory and technology aspects of the Credit Union. Edward is married with two children and has lived in Richmond for over 20 years. He enjoys walking and cycling as well as travel. He is also involved in Scouting within the District as Chair of a local Scout Group. Having joined the board in 2020, Edward is excited about the opportunities for Thamesbank to continue to develop as a local Credit Union and deliver on its aims to provide fair and affordable financial services to the local community.

Malcolm grew up in Birmingham, went to the local grammar school and after a degree in Modern History at Oxford, qualified as a chartered Accountant with what is now Deloittes. After a period in Industry with Unilever, he joined the housing world and his roles included being  an assistant director at Hammersmith and Fulham and chief executive of two of the largest housing associations in England; PCHA, (now Notting Hill Genesis) for nine years and Home Group for ten years.

After retirement, he has held a number of non-exec and advisory roles, including being Vice Chair of Peabody, Chair of Audit at Richmond Housing Partnership and an Advisor to Savills Affordable Housing consultancy. He is currently Chair of Populo Homes.

He is married with two sons and six grandchildren and has lived in Richmond for forty years