GBA

Growing Businesses are what the future is all about, and I love to be a part of it.
Theo Paphitis, chairman, Ryman

Andrew Haigh

Andrew leads the Entrepreneurs Group, oneof the largest business segments at Coutts with strategic responsibility fordevelopment of the service offering to 20,000 entrepreneur clients in the UK.

He joined Coutts 9 years ago and hisprevious role involved creating a private bank in China from scratch as part ofthe RBS co-operation with Bank of China. In addition he had responsibility for development of the customerexperience in the UKbusiness.

He began his career as an investment bankerin both London and New York before moving to be financedirector of NatWest’s International Businesses Division in 1993.

From 1996 was based offshore first as chiefoperating officer for the NatWest Group’s retail and private banking operationsin 6 offshore jurisdictions and then managing director of the Coutts businessesin Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

He returned to New York in 1999 for 2 years to act as country head for the NatWest Group’s US businesses.

A linguist by training with a joint honoursdegree in French and Russian and in addition a diploma in Art History.