Heather Melville

Heather Melville

Heather Melville
Director for Strategic Partnerships and Head of Business Inclusion Initiatives of Royal Bank of Scotland
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1962-12-22) 22 December 1962
United Kingdom
Nationality  UK
Profession Banker

Heather Melville (born 1962) is the British banker, the Director for Strategic Partnerships and Head of Business Inclusion Initiatives of Royal Bank of Scotland.[1] In September 2016, Heather Melville CCMI was appointed to the Board and as Chair of the Advisory Committee for ‘CMI Women’, Chartered Management Institute.[2][3] Melville is a diversity, inclusion leader[4] and founder and Global Chair of RBS Focused Women's Network[5][6] and recognised in Financial Times 2016 inaugural UPstanding100 Executive BAME Power List (UK & US).[7]

Background

Heather Melville was born in December 1962. She grew up in London and was educated at the IBM business school, together with a wealth of international experience secured over a 30 plus year career in the world of finance, with the last 9 years primarily focused on the SME client base positioned her in a strong place to meet the evolving global challenges of her clients.[8] For a number of years, Melville has sat on the judging panel for the prestigious “UK Fashion & Textile Awards”,[9][10] “The National Diversity Awards”,[11] “We Are The City Rising Stars”[12] as well as the “Brummel’s Top 30”.[13] Heather Melville is the Founder and global Chair of RBS Focused Women's Network,[14] which today has C 12,000 members in 33 countries and is run entirely by volunteers. Heather's passion to see more women have equal career opportunities led her to developing this business focused network.[15] RBS Focused Women's Network, has played a crucial role in transforming the culture and is fully integrated into the client proposition and sustainable strategy.

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ Grapevine, HR. "RBS' Director of Strategic Partnerships & Head of Inclusion Initiatives, Heather Melville, says".
  2. ↑ http://www.managers.org.uk/about-us/honorary-officers/honorary-officers-the-digest/board-of-trustees-september-2016
  3. ↑ http://www.managers.org.uk/about-us/governance/presidential-team-and-trustees
  4. ↑ "Diversity and Inclusion - RBS".
  5. ↑ "Inclusive Networks Feature : RBS Focused Women's Network". 11 March 2015.
  6. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85567/rbs-focused-womens-network.pdf
  7. 1 2 "Diversity champions: UPstanding's top 100 ethnic-minority executives - FT.com".
  8. ↑ http://risingstars.wearethecity.com/heather-melville/
  9. ↑ http://www.ukft.org/ukft-events.php?page=events&psub=eventslist&evid=20
  10. ↑ "UK Fashion & Textiles Awards 2015 judges announced".
  11. ↑ "How NatWest bank is developing female talent".
  12. ↑ "WeAreTheCity - Proud to introduce our Rising Star Judges for 2016 - WeAreTheCity - Information, Networking, jobs & events for women". 14 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Inspirational Women 2015: - Brummell Magazine". 15 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "VIP Interview: Branding, Diversity, and the Power of Networking".
  15. ↑ "The Global Community Foundation ::".
  16. ↑ https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/how-we-make-decisions/Documents/case-studies.pdf
  17. ↑ "2012 World of Difference Award Recipients - The International Alliance for Women".
  18. ↑ "ACES Aspire – My Life Changing Evening with Female Leaders in Finance".
  19. ↑ "Congratulations to Diversity Awards 2015 winners - Disability Rights UK".
  20. ↑ "The APSCo Awards for Excellence - Diversity and Inclusion in the Recruitment Profession - Executive Development blog". 19 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Business advice, training, support, meeting room hire and hot desks".
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