Secure Trust Bank PLC announced the appointment of David McCreadie as Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect from 5 January 2021. David is an experienced banker, who has worked in financial services for more than 30 years, and has been an independent Non-Executive Director of STB since 17 December 2019. David will succeed Paul Lynam who, after more than 10 years in the role, has notified the Board of his decision to resign and leave the Group to become Chief Executive Officer at Equiniti Group plc. Paul will step down from the Board with effect from 5 January 2021, but will remain with the Group in an executive capacity until 31 March 2021, to support the orderly handover to David. David started his career at The Royal Bank of Scotland. He was an Executive Director and Managing Director, Tesco Bank from 2015 to 2019.