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Nationwide boss Dame Debbie Crosbie sees pay packet nearly double after Virgin Money takeover (The Independent)

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This sum comprised a fixed salary of £1.2 million and bonuses amounting to £3.2 million, supplemented by a pension allowance and other benefits. The company’s pay committee said it was “comfortable that remuneration outcomes reflect the society’s excellent performance”. Nationwide made a pre-tax profit of £1.49 billion for the year to the end of March, which was down from the £2.3 billion reported the previous year.

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Nationwide advert lays trap for its own boss (The Times)

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In the latest TV ad from Nationwide poking fun at its shareholder-owned rivals, the self-important bank boss played by Dominic West grumbles “I deserve a bonus” when he’s told the building society is doling out £100 payments to millions of members. Just wait until he hears about the awards the mutual has handed to its chief executive.

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Nationwide nearly doubles CEO’s pay packet to £4.7m despite bonus row (The Guardian)

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Nationwide building society has nearly doubled the pay packet of its chief executive, Debbie Crosbie, a year after the board pushed through a controversial bonus scheme for its top boss. The mutual, which is owned by its members, released its annual report on Monday, showing Crosbie was handed £3.2m in bonuses – a combination of payouts for annual and longer-term performance – up from £1.1m a year earlier. It pushed her overall pay packet to […]

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Nationwide boss Debbie Crosbie banks £4.7m payday after Virgin Money deal (City AM)

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The boss of Nationwide has seen her pay almost double since the building society’s blockbuster takeover of Virgin Money. Debbie Crosbie, who has steered the mutual since 2022, bagged a £4.7m pay packet in the last financial year, up from £2.5m the year prior. Nationwide has found itself in a new controversy of the last few months after being accused of picking an “unfair fight” with one of its members who has sought to clinch a seat on the building society’s board. […]

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Nationwide doubles boss’s pay despite backlash (The Telegraph)

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The boss of Nationwide saw her pay nearly double last year despite concerns about banker-style bonuses at the mutual. Dame Debbie Crosbie, who steered Nationwide’s takeover of Virgin Money, saw her pay increase from £2.49m to £4.70m for the year ending March 2026 after her bonuses tripled. According to the latest accounts for the building society, it makes Dame Debbie the […]

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Nationwide boss’s pay doubles to £4.7m after Virgin Money deal (The Times)

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The boss of Nationwide’s pay package has nearly doubled over the past year after Britain’s biggest building society almost tripled her maximum bonus entitlement to more than £3 million. Dame Debbie Crosbie received total remuneration of nearly £4.7 million in the year to March 31, up from £2.49 million over the previous 12 months, Nationwide announced in its annual report on Monday. She is also in line for […]

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Member Candidate says Nationwide blocked warning on Quick Vote days before AGM ballots issued (Press Release)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Member Candidate says Nationwide blocked warning on Quick Vote days before AGM ballots issued • Candidate requested permission to tell Members not to use Quick Vote if they wished to support his election • Request refused despite Board decision to recommend Members vote against him • Website address and QR code removed […]

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3 questions, 1 (non) answer

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Last month, Navendu Mishra MP (Labour & Co-operative, Stockport) submitted three important written Parliamentary Questions to HM Treasury about the future governance of Building Societies.

Yesterday, all three received exactly the same response from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Rachel Blake MP…

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My counter to Nationwide’s statements made today regarding my suitability

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[UPDATE 28th May, 19:36 I have now obtained a copy of Nationwide’s “reactive media statement” briefing against my candidacy. I urge supporters to review my below responses and — with regards to Note 4 in Nationwide’s statement — to consider my response on the quick vote here: Fact checking Nationwide’s statement re ’emerging governance issues’.] […]

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Rebel customer faces ‘unfair fight’ for seat on Nationwide board (The Times)

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The rebel Nationwide customer campaigning to join the building society’s board has accused it of orchestrating an “unfair fight” after the mutual urged its members to oppose him.

Britain’s biggest building society said on Thursday it was recommending that its members vote against James Sherwin-Smith’s election as a director at its annual meeting in mid-July because its board had concluded […]

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Nationwide pressed to address ‘emerging governance issues’ as AGM looms (The Guardian)

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Labour MP writes to chair amid concerns building societies are overusing quick votes and failing to add members to boards Kalyeena Makortoff. Banking correspondentSun 24 May 2026 12.00 BST Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/24/nationwide-governance-agm-building-societies-boards Nationwide is under pressure to address “emerging governance issues” across the building society sector, amid concerns bosses are bundling voting options and failing to […]

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Statement re Nationwide 2026 preliminary results

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21 May 2026, London — Following publication of Nationwide’s 2026 Preliminary Results (LSE Regulatory News Service), James Sherwin-Smith, a Member Nominated Candidate for election to Nationwide’s Board of Directors in 2026, commented: Nationwide’s latest preliminary results confirm that the Society remains financially strong and continues to gain in scale following the Virgin Money acquisition, alongside […]

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Nationwide Fairer Share: Members could get another £100 this week (Mail on Sunday)

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Patrick Tooher, Consultant City EditorUpdated: 11:45, 17 May 2026 Link: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-15823361/Another-100-bag-Nationwide-members.html Nationwide will announce another £100 profit-sharing bonus for each of its more than four million eligible members when it posts annual results on Thursday. It will be the fourth year running that Britain’s biggest building society has made the payment under its Fairer Share […]

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Will a Nationwide customer’s boardroom challenge shake up UK corporate governance? (The Guardian)

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A decade after Theresa May spoke of radical reform, the mutual faces a bid that is testing the limits of democracy Kalyeena Makortoff, Banking correspondentSun 17 May 2026 11.00 BST Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/17/nationwide-customer-boardroom-corporate-governance-mutual [NB The Monday 18th May 2026 print edition carried an abridged version, shown below. The full text follows beneath. Accompanying posts made on […]

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Navendu Mishra MP letter to the Chancellor

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I am grateful to Mr Navendu (Nav) Mishra MP for writing to both the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) and Kevin Parry OBE (the Nationwide Building Society chairman), regarding emerging “governance issues within the building society sector”, with Gareth Thomas MP copied, as chair of the APPG for mutuals. These are […]

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Nationwide: Democratic deficit (The Week)

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My thanks to a supporter for bringing this to my attention. Nationwide: democratic deficit “Top marks for perseverance,” said Nils Pratley in The Guardian. James Sherwin-Smith – a long-term customer campaigner for more transparent governance at Nationwide – has secured the necessary 250 nominations to get his name on the ballot paper for elections to […]

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Nationwide should give its boardroom challenger a fair run (The Guardian)

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James Sherwin-Smith’s candidacy is a test of the building society’s commitment to mutual values By Nils Pratley, Finance EditorMon 27 Apr 2026 19.05 BST Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2026/apr/27/nationwide-should-give-its-boardroom-challenger-a-fair-run James Sherwin-Smith, who is aiming to become the first customer to be voted onto the board of Nationwide in nearly 25 years, deserves top marks for perseverance. A year […]

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LBC radio news segment

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27 April 2026 15:35 “The Nationwide Building Society could have one of its customers in its boardroom for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century. The society is owned by 9 million savers and borrowers, who elect the directors who oversee the business. One customer, James Sherwin-Smith from West Sussex, has secured […]

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Nationwide faces board challenge from member (The Times)

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A campaigning customer has secured a board ballot spot for Nationwide for the first time in 21 years By Ben Martin, Banking Editor Link: https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/nationwide-faces-board-challenge-from-member-hgw5t6twz About nine million members of Nationwide will have the opportunity to elect one of their own to the board of the mutual for the first time in 21 years after […]

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