Jonathan Ayres

Jonathan joined the bank in 2011 from Ecofin, a specialist fund manager, where he was CFO. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse, where he specialised in auditing banks and fund managers. He was a change manager during the formation of PricewaterhouseCoopers and then spent a year in PwC's business recovery team. Following three years as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs, Jonathan spent six years as Head of Finance at Cazenove Capital Management, during which time he was heavily involved in the separation of the company from the Cazenove Group.

Jonathan has an MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Cognitive Science from the University of Birmingham.

When not at work, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his young family. When he can find the time, his other interests include skiing, sailing, keeping abreast of technological developments, military leadership and photography.