For further information, please contact:

Derek French
Campaign for Community Banking Services
50 Roundwood Park
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 3AF

Telephone/Fax : 01582 764760

e mail : derek.french@btclick.com

If unavailable and the enquiry is urgent journalists can contact the relevant member of the Campaign’s Steering Group who have expertise in the relevancy of the Campaign to small businesses, the elderly, consumers, disabled people, rural communities, deprived communities, etc.

DEREK FRENCH FCIB FRSA MCMI
Director, Campaign for Community Banking Services (CCBS)

"The country's leading expert on how vital access to banking services is shrinking" Mail on Sunday 21-9-08

Founder and Director of the CCBS coalition of national organisations with shared concerns over the impact of local bank branch closures on vulnerable individuals and communities and an active agenda of constructive solutions.

A regular contributor to the national media on retail banking issues. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (now the ifs School of Finance) and of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Fellow of the University of Bedfordshire and an alumni of London Business School Senior Executive Programme.

His previous 38 year career with NatWest included traditional branch and area management, but also strategic and pioneering roles in the specialised fields of electronic banking, branch networks, bank marketing and cash management. He has been responsible for activities in the USA, Australia and Continental Europe as well as the UK.