About Us
Our Director, John Howard, is a former TV and Radio Presenter best known as Radio 4's Consumer Champion presenting the daily You and Yours programme for more than 20 years. He subsequently became a Non-executive Director of Ofgem, the Gas and Electricity Regulator, and he is a past Chairman of the Financial Services Consumer Panel. He has just completed 11 years as Vice Chair of National Counties Building Society and the Family Building Society .
He is one of four directors of the Banking Competition Remedies Company set up by HM Treasury to distribute £775 million to challenger banks. He has recently been appointed Chair of the Customer Engagement Group of Scottish Power.
John has been an advisor to Lloyds Banking Group sitting on both their With Profits Committee and their Independent Governance Committee. He was previously a non-executive Director of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
A qualified solicitor, John is now seen as a leading authority on principles based regulation and 'Treating Customers Fairly' providing advice on all consumer matters.
He is a past Trustee of the Thalidomide Trust.
He was appointed by HM Treasury to be a Commissioner of the Independent Commission on Equitable Life Payments.
John is a commentator on financial services and energy, writing in The Times (see Publications and Articles) chairing conferences and speaking at seminars and other events.
John Howard Chairs a Q and A on the Retail Distribution Review.
For more information click on 'Conference Chairman' and 'Expert Speaker'
or contact info@consumer-insights.co.uk