Kevin MountfordCo-Founder at Raisin UKSpeaker
Profile
Over the last 30 years Kevin has operated in a range of Snr Management & Exec roles and he has been employed by a number of large UK brands including Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Birmingham Midshires, where I was Head of Sales and Marketing for their Savings business.
In 2001 he was appointed as ‘Head of Affinities’ for HBOS, responsible for a broad range of 3rd party relationships, providing credit cards, loans and savings products to the likes of AA, Aviva, Sony, British Gas. In total I managed a portfolio of 70 brands with a team of 50 and held Directorships in a couple of JV’s and was responsible for a multi-million pound P&L
He then went on to jopin moneysupermarket.com as channel ‘Head’ running a number of their ‘Money’ business areas incl Cards, Mortgages and Savings. During my time with ms.com, I established myself as a recognised and respected industry spokesperson, promoting ms.com via the media including press, radio and TV & my media related work has continued during my time with Raisin UK.
In Jan 2011 Kevin founded a start-up; Plan B Funding specialised in assisting banks to raise retail deposits in the UK and wider Euro market. Kevin steered the business towards several early successes working with the likes of United National Bank and State Bank of India. During his time at PBF he led negotiations with Raisin GmbH and a deal was announced Sept 2017 where he co-founded the Raisin UK business which is now part of one of Europe's leading Fintech businesses.
More recently Kevin took on a number of NED and Advisory roles across a couple of tech businesses and is also Vice-Chair at an Edinburgh based Credit Union
Agenda Sessions
Power Panel: From competition to collaboration & co-creation - why financial institutions need more than ever to build strategic partnerships. what do new partnership plays tell us about the unbundling & reassembling of financial services providers?
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