Ben Sampson

Ben began his career at HBOS and worked in various business areas until 2008 when Lloyds TSB took over during the financial crisis.  At the newly formed Lloyds Banking Group Ben undertook significant roles in both the Integration and Verde (TSB creation) programmes.  Since Joining YBS Ben has led a number of high profile programmes of work that have helped transform and modernise the society, such as the lending re-platforming work to move YBS to the IRESS MSO platform.  In his current role as Director of Business Transformation, Ben is responsible for the strategic design, business case and planning of the YBS transformation.  This includes overall sponsorship and ownership of the benefits and benefits for the programme and accountability to the Executive and board. Ben has over 20 years of experience in retail banking and has a strong track record of delivering large scale business transformations from design through to execution and embedding.