Lynne Shamwana is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of the West Brom Building Society. She is a governor and Chairwoman of the Finance and Risk Committee of the Southbank Centre.

She was previously Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Care and has held a variety of senior finance and management roles at Christie’s, Centrica plc, British Gas, Goldfish Bank and Alliance & Leicester plc.

She was also an independent member of the Audit & Risk Committee of the UK Government’s Department for Work & Pensions and Chairwoman of the Women’s Development Board of the Microloan Foundation Charity.

Lynne Shamwana is a chartered accountant and fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.