RICHARD WARDELL

Richard Wardell | Vice President, Advisory Services

Richard leads Advisory Services at Unitus, serving as the relationship manager and lead strategic advisor for partners across the world. Before joining Unitus, Richard spent 11 years with Lloyds Bank (a major U.K. retail and commercial bank) in multiple roles and locations. His specific experiences included advising the bank’s chairman, running a network of retail bank branches, and supervising consumer and small business credit for one of the bank’s regions. He was then with the Boston Consulting Group for 3 years, providing strategic advice and consulting to a wide range of financial services institutions. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President with WaMu, a U.S. retail, commercial, and home loan bank. In multiple roles over 5 years, Richard ran the commercial banking operation with 180 employees, and managed many process improvement projects for the retail bank network. His team was responsible for delivering US$160 million incremental net income to the bank in 2006. Richard holds an M.B.A. with high honors from the University of Chicago, and a B.S. with honors from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.