Howley joins the business from the Yorkshire Building Society, where he was interim chief operating officer.   

He had worked at Yorkshire Building Society since 2014 and held several senior roles, including director of IT and transformation.  

Prior to that, he worked at RSA for four years leaving as head of shared services, UK operations, in August 2014.  

Before that he spent just under four years at Lloyds Banking Group, leaving as programme director in September 2010.  

Howley is also an independent non-executive board member at insurer PG Mutual.  

Nottingham Building Society chief executive Sue Hayes says: “Throughout the search process, Paul demonstrated all the behaviours that matter to The Nottingham, as well as the significant technical capabilities we need to support the delivery of our strategy.   

“Paul and his team will help us build the foundations needed to innovate and grow in key segments.