Christopher Lyons

"Christopher has extensive experience in strategic planning, corporate governance, banking and housing finance. His career spans 35 years, first with Abbey National, where he held senior executive positions in finance and operations creating and launching Cahoot, the internet bank. He then joined the executive Board of Minster Trust Limited, a fully regulated banking institution leading the development and launch of an affinity based internet banking proposition. Christopher has extensive Non-executive experience recently chairing, amongst others, the Board of London Strategic Housing and is currently deputy chairman of Network Housing Group where he also chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. He holds a Masters degree in Strategic Financial Management and is a visiting fellow at Kingston and Durham Business Schools. Christopher has also worked with the NHS Commissioning Board on authorising the recently formed national network of Commissioning Support Units, specifically assessing and developing business strategies and the subsequent appointment of their managing directors. He currently chairs the advisory Board for the NHS Yorkshire and Humberside Commissioning Support Units. Christopher is Chairman of Ashley House’s Appointments Committee."