Anthony Thomson joined the Board in September 2022. He has a deep and extensive background in financial services in both Australia and the United Kingdom, most notably as Co-Founder and Chairman of neo bank 86 400. In 2008 he founded and chaired Metro Bank, the first new High Street Bank in the UK for over 150 years, stepping down from this role in 2012. Following this, he founded and chaired Europe’s first mobile-only bank, Atom Bank PLC.
Anthony is an independent non-executive director of Wio, a digital bank based in the UAE, and an advisory board member of Bank ABC, operating in Bahrain and Jordan. He is the former Chairman of Zip Co’s UK business.