Sarah Gentleman

Appointed: 21/01/2015

Experience, skills and contributions

Sarah joined Rathbones Board in 2015 and was appointed Senior Independent Director in 2022. Sarah was Chair of the Remuneration Committee from June 2017 and August 2023 and was a designated Non-executive Director of the firm’s workforce engagement programme between 2019 and 2023.
Sarah brings the following key skills to the Board which supports the firm’s strategy: banking, digital marketing, risk management, corporate governance and regulatory experience.

She started her career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and then subsequently spent several years in the telecoms and digital sectors, latterly as chief financial officer of the LCR Telecom Group. In 1999, she joined the internet bank Egg, the internet banking subsidiary of Prudential, where she was responsible for business development and strategy. In 2005, she joined Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, the institutional research and trading arm of Alliance Bernstein, as a banking analyst covering the European banking sector. Sarah joined Engine B Ltd in 2020 as an adviser to early-stage technology companies.

Current external appointments

Non-executive director of Molten Ventures Plc.