Bryce Glover, co-founder of Recognise Bank, has joined the board of United Trust Bank (UTB) as a non-executive director (NED).

Glover (pictured) has had a banking career of more that 40 years, and has over two decades of experience operating at executive and board level for a number of UK financial services businesses as well as a property investment company.

He was managing director of commercial banking at Alliance & Leicester/Santander before joining Nationwide Building Society in 2009 as director heading up its commercial division with a £22bn lending portfolio. More recently, he was co-founder of Recognise Bank and since 2017 he has been a NED of Newcastle Building Society.

Harley Kagan, CEO of United Trust Bank, said: “Bryce brings over four decades of property banking experience to the Board of United Trust Bank and has a proven record of launching, managing and growing successful financial services businesses. He has demonstrated his entrepreneurial skills in recent years with the creation of Recognise Bank and brings invaluable experience from Newcastle Building Society and Nationwide Building Society.

“Having operated in a regulated environment for most of his career, Bryce understands the importance of strong governance, a robust risk framework and operational excellence balanced with a strong commercial acumen. His extensive knowledge of building businesses and managing stakeholders will be highly valued as we continue to grow UTB and increase our presence in the specialist banking sector. I am delighted Bryce has accepted our invitation to join our Board as a non-executive director and I warmly welcome him to the United Trust Bank team.”

Glover added: “It is a privilege to join the board of UTB, a business with a long and successful track record, an excellent leadership team and which has undoubted potential to deliver continued growth over the coming years. I really look forward to helping the Bank achieve and exceed its ambitions.”