The team
William Chalmers, CFO, Lloyds Banking Group
William joined the Board in August 2019, when he was appointed Chief Financial Officer, and was Interim Group Chief Executive from May 2021 to August 2021. William has worked in financial services for over 25 years, and previously held several senior roles at Morgan Stanley, including Co-Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group and Head of EMEA Financial Institutions Group. Before joining Morgan Stanley, William worked for JP Morgan, again in the Financial Institutions Group.
Carla Antunes da Silva, CEO, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
Carla was appointed as the CEO for Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets in February 2023, having previously served as internal non-executive director for five years. From 2015 to January 2023, Carla led Lloyds Banking Group’s strategic work as Group Strategy, Corporate Development and IR Director. Prior to that, Carla spent 18 years as an Equity Analyst for European banks, working for Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank.
Lisa Francis, Head of Financial Institutions, Lloyds Bank
Lisa is responsible for strategic direction, transformation, developing and executing a strong growth agenda across the global client base covering Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Wealth management, SSAs, Insurance, financial sponsors and Banking client base across CIB and the markets division.
Scott Barton, Managing Director, Corporate Coverage, Lloyds Bank
Scott joined the bank in 2017 as Managing Director of the Mid Markets business before overseeing and leading the formation of Large Corporates and more recently the creation and expansion of the Corporate Coverage business. Prior to joining Lloyds, he held several senior management roles at both Standard Chartered and Royal Bank of Scotland leading businesses based out of London, Dubai & the US.
Rob Hale, Head of Financial Markets, Lloyds Bank
Rob started his career as a Rates Trader in the late 1990s and has worked at several Investment Banks before joining Lloyds in 2007 to build out the Rates Trading business and establish Lloyds as a GEMM (Gilt Edged Market Maker). Since 2021, Rob has been Head of Financial Markets, responsible for all Financial Markets activity across London and New York.
Nick Hughes, Head of Capital Markets, Lloyds Bank
Nick leads the Capital Markets business globally. The Capital Markets business provides Corporate & Institutional clients with comprehensive financing solutions across its debt capital markets, securitised products group, bond syndicate, risk management and credit sales & trading activities. Nick started his career at Lloyds in 1999 and has worked in the Markets business since 2006 in various client facing roles, notably in structured finance and risk management prior to taking on his current role.
James Taylor, Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance, Lloyds Bank
James leads the Infrastructure & Project Finance (I&PF) team, providing multi-product debt financing, financial advisory and risk management solutions for assets across the infrastructure and energy space. The team is a market leader in the field, being ranked the number 1 UK infrastructure lender, according to Inframation League Tables.
Luke Parker, Head of Rates, Lloyds Bank
Luke joined Lloyds in the middle of 2022 to help to grow the Rates Trading business both in terms of expanding the existing market leading GBP rates franchise and increasing the Lloyds Rates footprint globally. With a very strong and experienced trading and sales team, progress so far has seen a Duration Manager role for a DMO Gilt Syndication, market leading rankings in GBP IRS volumes, a doubling of Lloyds Inflation trading market share and the launch of our EUR swaps trading business which is already a strong competitor in the market. Luke has over 20 years’ experience within the industry at various global organisations on the sell side and the buy side trading anything from AUD, NZD and USD rates to emerging market FX, but with a particular affinity to the domestic rates market.
Sam Hill, Head of Market Insights, Lloyds Bank
Sam is Head of Market Insights and specialises in providing analysis, insights and views on key topical economic themes and their implications for interest rate markets. Sam has expertise on UK monetary and fiscal policy issues and works closely with colleagues on the Trading Floor using his insights to broaden and deepen client engagement.
Important legal information
Lloyds Bank is a trading name of Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH.
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Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH has its registered office at Thurn-und-Taxis Platz 6, 60313 Frankfurt, Germany. The company is registered with the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, HRB 111650. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is supervised by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht.
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