Meet our Board of Directors
Fahed Faisal Boodai
Chairman
Fahed Boodai is the co-founder and Chairman of Gatehouse Financial Group and Chairman of Gatehouse Bank plc. With more than 28 years investment banking experien...
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Gerald Gregory
Deputy Chairman
Mr Gregory is a retired Managing Director of a diverse portfolio of businesses and joined the Board of Gatehouse Bank in December 2015. He has significant strat...
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Abdulaziz Saud AlBader
Vice Chairman
Mr AlBader joined the Board of Gatehouse Bank in February 2017. He was employed by the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) from 1989 and in 2023 retired from his ...
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Lesley Beecher
Non-Executive Director
Ms Beecher joined the Board of Gatehouse Bank in April 2023. She has over 31 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including board-level roles a...
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Phillip McLelland
Non-Executive Director
Mr McLelland joined the Board of Gatehouse Bank in April 2024 with over 30 years’ experience within highly commercial, complex and regulated environments, inclu...
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Charles Haresnape
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Haresnape joined Gatehouse Bank as Chief Executive Officer in May 2017. Prior to joining the Bank, he was Group Managing Director at Aldermore Bank from Janu...
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Danesh Mahadeva
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Mahadeva was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Gatehouse Bank in July 2017. Danesh began his career at the Bank as Vice President, Head of Finance in Sept...
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Dr Usman Chaudry
Chief Risk Officer
Dr Chaudry joined Gatehouse Bank as Chief Risk Officer in January 2018. Prior to this he was Risk Director at Tandem, a fintech bank, responsible for risk manag...
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