Claire May

Senior banking professional with significant front line experience across the UK's major high street banks. Passionate about leading growth and improving customer and colleague experience through energising and inspiring the teams I work with to deliver consistently high standards for our customers. In my current role as UK Head of Commercial Clients at Santander UK, I lead a national team dedicated to supporting the backbone of the UK economy - small and medium sized businesses with ambitious growth plans. My focus is on empowering our relationship managers and directors to support these businesses to grow, innovate and thrive in an increasingly complex economic environment. Whether it's helping a business scale up, navigate change or invest for the future, I'm focused on driving sustainable growth and helping business make the connections they need to make a meaningful impact on the UK Business landscape. Leading a high-performing team of relationship managers and sector specialists 'oents with the right support at the right time Advocating for SME innovation, growth, and resilience Focused on responsible business practices and long-ter