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Caroline Primrose and Jeremy Vaughan recognised in Spear's 500
We are delighted that Caroline Primrose and Jeremy Vaughan have once again been recognised in the Spear's 500 Wealth Management Index 2026, with both named as Top Recommended HNW Wealth Managers.
Hampden Bank launches North and Midlands base in Manchester 22 June 2026
Hampden Bank has marked the launch of its North and Midlands base in Manchester, as the private bank responds to a shift in wealth creation beyond London and the South East.
The Manchester base represents Hampden Bank’s third UK office, following its announcement last year to expand into the region.
Hampden Bank appoints new Business Development Directors in London and Edinburgh
Hampden Bank has strengthened its Business Development team with the appointment of two experienced directors, supporting the bank’s continued growth across the UK.
Graeme Mann has joined Hampden Bank’s Edinburgh office, while Paul de la Salle takes up a newly appointed role in London, bringing extensive experience across private banking, wealth management, and relationship‑led financial services.
Hampden Bank breaks through £1 billion of deposits in 2025
In our annual results for 2025, client deposits surpassed £1 billion for the first time, lending grew by over 9%, and the bank reached almost 6,500 clients.
Trio of senior hires as Hampden Bank scales up in the North and Midlands
Hampden Bank has made three senior hires as it continues to scale up its personal banking service. Liz Williamson, Ian Noke and Claire Lattin have joined as Banking Directors to serve the banking needs of clients across the North and Midlands.
Change to payment requirements
From November 22, 2025, whenever we receive an instruction to make an international payment, we will require the recipient’s full postal address. This change is part of an industry-wide initiative designed to enhance the speed and accuracy of payments.
Hampden Bank Strengthens Leadership Team with Chief Banking Officer and COO Appointments
Hampden Bank has appointed two new senior executives to its leadership team reporting to CEO, Tracey Davidson.
Greig Townsend joins as CBO to lead the Bank’s growth strategy. With more than two decades in private banking, wealth management and financial leadership roles, he will lead banking teams across the UK to serve the needs of clients and to deliver business growth through the acquisition of new clients.
David Huntley takes over as Board Chair
David Huntley has officially started in his new role as Chair of the Hampden Bank Board. He succeeds outgoing Chair, Simon Miller, who announced his retirement after five years in the role. David joined the Board in October 2020 as Non-Executive Director and he previously served as Chair of the Risk Committee.
Hampden Bank appoints Colin McGill as Head of Credit
Colin McGill, former District Head for Handelsbanken in Scotland and Cumbria, has joined Hampden Bank as Head of Credit. In this role, Colin will oversee the bank’s loan offering with responsibility for the review and approval of large or complex borrowing requests, for the performance of the loan portfolio and for managing the bank’s credit risk exposure.
Haydn Aird appointed new Head of Banking to lead Manchester office
Hampden Bank has hired Haydn Aird from Handelsbanken to the new role of Head of Banking, North & Midlands. Haydn will build and lead a team based in Manchester.
Hampden Bank reports strong financial results for 2024 and growth plans for 2025
In our annual results for 2024, both deposits and lending grew by double-digits while the number of clients reached 6,000, supported by introductions from clients and professional advisers.
Hampden Bank chair Simon Miller to retire from the board
Simon Miller has announced that he will retire from the board of Hampden Bank in August 2025. Having previously helped to found the bank in 2010, Simon was appointed chair in May 2020.
Introducing Hampden Bank and our new Edinburgh office
We have relocated our Edinburgh office from 9 Charlotte Square, where we opened in 2015, to a newly developed double-townhouse office at 20 and 21 Charlotte Square, the iconic square that is part of the city’s financial district.
Hampden Bank adds new 3-year fixed lending rate
We have added a 3-year fixed rate to our suite of fixed lending products. We now offer 2-year, 3-year and 5-year fixed rates, as well as variable rate lending, to personal and commercial clients. Rates can be offered on a capital and interest, interest only and part and part basis.
Julian Wren joins as new Banking Director
Julian joins from Arbuthnot Latham where he was Senior Commercial Banker. He has also previously worked as a Commercial Banker at Coutts where he started his private banking career. At Hampden Bank, he will provide commercial and personal clients with a bespoke service including day-to-day banking, deposits and a range of tailored borrowing.
Relaunch of our digital banking service
We have relaunched our digital banking service with a new look banking app. The upgraded app, which replaces our original banking app, provides clients with additional, easy-to-use functionality for their personal and business banking needs. The app also supports logins to our upgraded desktop banking service, introducing a new layer of security which uses a smartphone to authenticate the user and payment requests. This additional layer of security is designed to help protect clients from fraud.