Lloyds' Weir joins ifs School of Finance board

Laura Miller
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Lloyds group executive director of retail banking Helen Weir has joined the board of governors at the ifs School of Finance.

Weir, who is current chair of the British Bankers' Association Retail Committee, joined Lloyds TSB in 2004 as the group's finance director. She was previously group finance director at Kingfisher Plc from 2000 to 2004, and before then held the position of finance director of B&Q for five years. Her early business experience was with McKinsey and Lever Brothers. The ifs says Weir joins at an important stage in its development, following the organisation's recent receipt of taught degree-awarding powers. Principal at the ifs School of Finance Gavin Shreeve says: "I am pleased to ...

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