Coventry Building Society appoints Andrea Melville as Group CCO and Co-op Bank CEO
Coventry Building Society has named former Lloyds director Andrea Melville as its new Group chief commercial officer (CCO) and CEO of the recently acquired Co-operative Bank.
Andrea Melville will begin her tenure in June 2025 (Image: LinkedIn)
Melville, who will begin her tenure in June 2025, has been tasked with overseeing the Group’s trading performance and integration strategies.
The appointment comes just weeks after Coventry Building Society completed its acquisition of The Co-operative Bank, following “non-binding heads of terms” agreed in April 2024.
Combining the two organisations is said to have created an entity with assets of around £89 billion, serving over 4.5 million customers.
The incoming CEO brings over two decades of experience in the banking sector, having most recently served as director of everyday and business banking at Santander UK, and CEO of Cater Allen Private Bank.
Prior to this, Melville spent over 12 years at Lloyds Banking Group, holding several leadership roles such as head of performance and market insight, open banking director, and managing director of commercialisation and propositions.
Steve Hughes, CEO of Coventry Building Society Group, states that Melville brings a “track record of delivering strong customer and commercial propositions across current accounts, business banking, investments, savings and lending”.
Hughes adds that “her skills and experience of complex projects and digital innovation will be hugely valuable in our transformation plans”.
