Sam is responsible for the development and execution of the People Strategies in the three franchises of Retail Banking, Wealth Businesses and Ulster Bank Ireland DAC. To help her do this, Sam leads a team of HR Business Partners who are based in Edinburgh, London, and Dublin.  Sam also has accountability for leading the Bank’s HR Consultancy Practice, its Learning and Development function and a Colleague Strategy & Insights Team, collectively c200 HR and Learning Professionals. Sam is also the Lead for Ways of Working which is NatWest’s Group programme to move to a Hybrid model of work.