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Eric Leenders

British Bankers' Association - executive director

As the head of the retail team at the British Bankers' Association, Eric's brief covers a broad portfolio of issues, including forthcoming revisions to the Consumer Credit Act, PPI, proposed changes to insolvency and debt management legislation, pensions and savings, and the banking code. In a wider context, Eric's team also hold responsibility for proposed European interventions, including the retail banking review, Single European Payments Area - and the introduction of collective redress, which has been the subject of much attention and debate in Brussels recently and emerging EU thinking around a single home loans market. Eric has over twenty years experience as a career banker in retail banking with NatWest and latterly the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. During this time, the roles he has undertaken have been both operational and strategic, including successful spells as a branch and business manager. Before joining the BBA, he was responsible for a portfolio of policy-driven projects in PR and communications, new and emergent markets, legal and regulatory issues and crisis management.

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