Governance & Strategy

Stephen Mann - Chair of the Board

Stephen is an insurance specialist and an experienced Chair and CEO. He sits on the Council of Cardiff University and has served as CEO of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), Group CEO of Police Mutual Group and Strategy and Business Services Director at Aviva UK Life. His other previous Board roles include the Police Arboretum Memorial Trust, the College of Policing, the Association of Financial Mutuals, Alico UK, Aviva Life and Norwich Union. Stephen has served on the City of London’s Socio-Economic Diversity Task Force, on the then Prime Minister’s Future York Group and as a key contributor to an HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Review.

Stephen is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, The Institute of Directors and the Pensions Management Institute. He originally trained and qualified as a solicitor and holds a Law degree from Cardiff University with executive education from INSEAD, Cranfield, Columbia and London Business Schools. His interests include tennis, music and Norwich City FC.

Quentin Nason - Vice Chair

Quentin is a finance professional and social entrepreneur. Currently a Senior Advisor at KingsRock Advisors, he has held lead roles at Tetragon Financial Group, a $40 billion alternative asset manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, and at UBS and Deutsche Bank in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and London. Quentin is the founder of financial literacy charity City Pay It Forward, the author of an award-winning Year 6 UK primary school textbook, and lead contributor to financial literacy programmes that are used by some of the largest school groups in America.

Quentin is a dual US and British citizen. He has worked in finance for over thirty years, including nearly twenty as an investment banker. Quentin holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from the Lauder Institute, both at the University of Pennsylvania. His is an active member of the City of London Drapers’ Company.

Arjan Van Den Berkmortel - Chair of the Investment Committee

Arjan is a successful international banking executive with over 25 years of global banking and leadership experience, principally as a member of HSBC’s International Management cadre. He has gained extensive cross-border banking knowledge and skills, particularly in trade finance, transaction, corporate and commercial banking. He is imbued with strong cultural awareness.

He has held senior leadership roles in a variety of locations, serving in the USA, the UK, Hong Kong, Paris, and the Middle East. Arjan was Chief Executive Officer in the Czech Republic, as well as Managing Director and Regional President to the Western United States where he led HSBC’s rapid expansion. His most recent role with HSBC was as Director of Lending, responsible for supporting the UK’s business community.

Arjan has broad non-executive Director experience covering Finance, Development and Sustainability. He was previously a non-executive Board Member at HSBC Poland and more recently a Trustee Director for Heart of the City, a London based charity promoting responsible business. He was also on the Inaugural Citizens Programme delivered by the US Homeland Security and the Metropolitan Police.

A Dutch national, Arjan speaks multiple languages. He enjoys travel, rugby, and surfing with his two children.

Steve Darrington - Chair of Audit & Risk

Steve is a qualified Chartered Certified accountant and a specialist in risk and private equity. He is currently Chair of the Private Equity Advisory Board at Mactavish, a specialist risk management consultancy and was a Partner and Chief Financial & Risk Officer at Phoenix Equity Partners, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity Investors for 23 years. During his career Steve has had direct involvement in raising over £1.75 billion of venture and development capital.

Steve is a Fellow of The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA). He holds a BSc from Leicester Business School, an MBA from Manchester Business School and a post graduate certificate in Business Data analytics from Columbia Business School. His podcast, the Steve Darrington Series (in conjunction with The Line) is available on Spotify and his interests include rugby, golf and historic house restoration.

Binta Darboe

Binta graduated from LIBF’s Finance, Investment and Risk programme in 2018 and was an analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Binta studied the Diploma in Financial studies while in Sixth Form before attending the university. She was an active member of the student community, participating in the Women in Finance Society and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Sabrina Del Prete

Sabrina is the founder and CEO of Kore Labs, a financial technology company based in London. She has over 25 years’ experience in financial markets, business transformation, and application of new technologies in banking.

Throughout her career, Sabrina has held senior roles at JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Coutts, and RBS. She is actively involved in the entrepreneurial and FinTech community, both as a strategic adviser and as an investor.

Sabrina holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School and a degree in Business and Economics from the University of Turin. She has won a number of innovation awards for her work including a 2025 Purple Plaque from Innovation UK and she has been included in the Timetric Power 50 list of the most influential digital innovators in Europe. An Italian national, she lives and works in London

Paul Gordon

After 40 years’ experience in banking and financial services, Paul now has a portfolio of non-executive/chair and coaching roles working with fintechs and SMEs to support transformation and growth.

Previously as Managing Director, Relationship Management within the Business & Commercial Banking division of Lloyds Banking Group, Paul was responsible for Lloyds’ support of 1 million small and medium sized businesses across the UK, covering all sectors including manufacturing, real estate and agriculture and product specialisms from working capital to trade and payments. He was also the Chairman of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and sat on the Board of LDC, the leading UK mid-market private equity investor. Prior to that, Paul held a number of senior roles and has been responsible for a number of divisions within Lloyds Banking Group including Consumer & Commercial Cards, Lloyds Bank International based in Sydney, International Mortgages in Asia, as well as leading the acquisition and integration of MBNA from Bank of America.

Paul holds a Diploma in Executive Coaching from the Academy of Executive Coaching, an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Warwick and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He is also an accredited mentor for the award-winning Warwick MBA mentoring scheme.

Shelley Doorey-Williams, Chief Executive Officer

Shelley is the Chief Executive of The London Foundation for Banking and Finance. Previously a Partner in KPMG’s Wealth and Asset Management practice, she has over 25 years’ cross-industry experience in business management and corporate governance, half of which were within the Financial Services and Banking sector as a Managing Director at UBS. After UBS, Shelley worked for Sionic, the global Financial Services consultancy firm, where she was shortlisted for the 2021 City Wealth Woman of the Year Award for her outstanding work on governance and diversity.