Quick Info
| Profession | Banker, tech entrepreneur and author |
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| Nationality | British |
| Date of Birth | January 1960 |
| Birthplace | Bon-y-maen, Swansea, Wales |
Latest News about Anne Boden
20/10/2026
Anne Boden sold her remaining 2.7% stake in Starling Bank in private deals with existing shareholders, reportedly as she begins work on a new AI venture. The sale valued the bank at about £1.7 billion, well below the up to £4 billion Starling had sought in a secondary share sale last year. Starling said the sale was done with the company's full knowledge and wished her success with her new venture.
29/04/2026
FinTech Wales announced that Anne Boden MBE would be a headline speaker at the first Wales Fintech Festival in Swansea. The announcement highlighted her Swansea roots and her career from Lloyds Bank through to founding and leading Starling Bank.
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Welsh tech entrepreneur and author, founder and former CEO of Starling Bank. She received an MBE in 2018 for services to financial technology. |
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| Known For | Founding Starling Bank in 2014 |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Swansea University | BSc in Computer Science and Chemistry |
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| Middlesex University | MBA |
| Chartered Institute of IT | Fellow |
Family
| Parents | Daughter of a steelworker and a department store worker |
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Career
| Early career | Began at Lloyds Bank, where she helped establish the UK's first real-time payments system |
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| Subsequent roles | Worked at Standard Chartered Bank and UBS in Zurich |
| Allied Irish Banks | Chief Operating Officer |
| RBS and ABN AMRO | Head of EMEA Global Transaction Banking across 34 countries |
| Starling Bank | Founded in 2014; served as CEO until June 2023 and remained on the board afterwards |
| Other roles | Chair of the government's Women-led High-growth Enterprise Taskforce |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Described as the first woman to found a British bank | |
| 2. Briefly advised the payments start-up GoCardless | |
| 3. Honorary fellow of Swansea University | |
| 4. Her book Banking On It was named The Times' Business Book of 2020 |
