Biography
Kevin Parry
Chair of the Board
Nationwide Building Society
Kevin Parry is a chartered accountant and brings to the Nationwide board expertise in audit, regulation, risk management, and finance. He has used his deep knowledge of commercial and mutual organisations to help shape and transform the Society into a modern mutual. Additionally, as a former Chair of the Homes and Communities Agency, his perspective on housing is an asset to the Group.
He has a wealth of experience across a broad range of organisations. He has held the positions of chair of Royal London Mutual Insurance Company Limited and Intermediate Capital Group plc and senior independent director of Standard Life Aberdeen plc, as well as having been the chief financial officer of Schroders plc and the chief executive officer of Management Consulting Group plc. Kevin is chair of the Board of Trustees for Marie Curie, an organisation whose charitable purpose is aligned with the Group’s Fairer Futures initiative and is chair of the Mutuals and Co-operative Council that is working with government to double the size of the mutual sector in line with its growth agenda.