Mortgages Uncovered

Dan Watkins has now bagged the top job as managing director for mortgages for the new Lloyds Banking Group.

Dan’s new appointment finished weeks of speculation that had been circulating internally at HBOS.
Dan Watkins, the previous CEO of the retail products division at HBOS had been responsible for the design and manufacturing of the entire retail product produced by the bank within the UK, his other responsibilities included e-commerce, marketing and operations.

Dan was born in 1962 and graduated in 1985 from Oxford University with his degree in politics, economics and philosophy.

After working for Morgan Grenfell in London he joined Birmingham Midshires during 1993 working in the risk management division and later in 1996, becoming a treasurer.

Following a number of senior posts within BM he went on to become its Managing Director during September 2001 when he also joined the retail board of Directors.

He guided Birmingham Midshires through the takeover to HBOS group managing the change and growth within the organization.

January 2005 saw Dan Watkins as head of retail risk at HBOS before he was appointed in 2006 to the position of group risk director, thus ensuring his position on HBOS’ executive committee.