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NatWest names insider Solange Chamberlain as retail bank chief
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
NatWest appoints Solange Chamberlain as retail bank CEO, marking the first major leadership change after the UK government's exit from ownership.
(Reuters) -NatWest Group on Monday named Solange Chamberlain, director of strategic development, as the CEO of its retail bank, in its first appointment by the UK lender after the country's government exited its full ownership.
The state exit ended a costly, taxpayer-funded government investment that reshaped the lender and industry.
Chamberlain will replace David Lindberg nearly six months after his departure was announced.
Since April 2024, Chamberlain is the group director of strategic development and prior to that she was chief operating officer of the commercial & institutional business.
She worked with peer Lloyds Banking before joining NatWest in 2019. Her appointment was first reported by Sky News.
(Reporting by Prerna Bedi and Yamini Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid and Arun Koyyur)
Solange Chamberlain has been named the CEO of NatWest's retail bank.
Before becoming CEO, Solange Chamberlain was the group director of strategic development.
Chamberlain replaces David Lindberg, whose departure was announced nearly six months ago.
The state exit marked the end of a costly, taxpayer-funded investment that reshaped the lender and the banking industry.
Prior to joining NatWest in 2019, she worked with Lloyds Banking.
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