Lynne Shamwana is a Governor and Chairwoman of the Finance and Risk Committee of the Southbank Centre. She held a variety of senior finance and management roles at Virgin Care, Christie’s, Centrica, British Gas, Goldfish Bank and Alliance & Leicester.

She was previously a Non-Executive Director and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of the West Brom Building Society. She was also an independent member of the Audit & Risk Committee of the UK Government’s Department for Work & Pensions and Chairwoman of the Women’s Development Board of the Microloan Foundation Charity.

Lynne Shamwana is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.