Timothy Charles Sawyer is the CEO of

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. Formerly he was the Chief Investment Officer of Innovate UK, the investment arm of UK Government. This role sees him head up the newly-formed innovation lending directorate, with responsibility for the planned innovation loans programme. Formerly he was CEO of Start Up Loans, a private sector initiative backed by Government with a mandate of delivering £350m funding to start-up companies in the United Kingdom (UK). He is also Chairman of

Folk2Folk FOLK2FOLK is a Peer-to-peer lending, Marketplace lending platform (MPL) specialising in secured lending for business owners across the rural and regional parts of the UK. It matches businesses looking for capital with individual (retail) and ins ...

, a peer-to-peer lender to small and medium-sized businesses in the UK. In 2002, Sawyer co-founded

Cahoot cahoot is an internet-only division of Santander UK plc, the British subsidiary of the Santander Group. Cahoot was launched in June 2000, as the internet based banking brand of Abbey National plc. Cahoot is based in Belfast, Northern Irelan ...

, the internet division of

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, which he went on to run between the years 2002 and 2005. Sawyer has also been Chairman of Banque Dubois in Switzerland and Chief Operating Officer of

OneSavings Bank Kent Reliance is a banking services provider and trading name of OneSavings Bank plc, based in Kent, England. It was founded in 1898 as the Chatham & District Reliance Building Society, changing its name to the Kent Reliance Building Society in ...

. Sawyer was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Announced in December 2017, Sawyer was appointed as an Ordinary Member to the Competition Appeal Tribunal by Minister for Competition, Margot James MP. This appointment commenced February 2018. In December 2018, Sawyer was announced as the new Chair of the Board of Governors at the University of Bedfordshire.

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