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RNS Number : 7945A  Leeds Building Society  16 April 2026

DIRECTORATE CHANGE AT LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY

Leeds Building Society appoints Annette Barnes as permanent Chief Executive
Officer

Leeds Building Society is pleased to announce the permanent appointment of
Annette Barnes, currently Interim CEO, as the Society's Chief Executive
Officer.

Annette's appointment follows a comprehensive recruitment process, through
which the Board determined that she is the right candidate to lead the Society
on a permanent basis. Annette is the Society's first permanent female Chief
Executive Officer in its' 151-year history.

Prior to being appointed as Interim CEO in June 2025, Annette served as an
independent non‑executive board director at the Society from 2019 onwards.
She has over 35 years' experience in financial services, holding senior
leadership roles at Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of America and mbna, including
as CEO of Lloyds Bank Private Banking Ltd. She is also currently a
non-executive director at Stratos Markets Limited.

Annette's experience in financial services, aligned with her background in
customer engagement, people leadership and technology has given her strong
commercial and strategic skills, in addition to excellent transformation and
change capabilities. This level of experience will be essential at the Society
continues the journey to replace its core technology platform and invests for
the future.

Brendan McCafferty, Chair of Leeds Building Society, said:

"I am delighted that Annette has become the permanent CEO of Leeds Building
Society. Following a thorough assessment of both internal and external
candidates, the Board is clear that Annette is the outstanding candidate to
continue to lead the Society through this important phase of transformation.

"Annette has provided strong leadership since being appointed as Interim CEO
and her commitment to growing the organisation and evolving our services to
meet member needs is clear.  The Board is confident that the Society remains
extremely well-placed to continue to deliver its purpose and its strategy."

Annette Barnes, CEO of Leeds Building Society, said:

"I am honoured to have been permanently appointed as the CEO of Leeds Building
Society. Whilst becoming a permanent CEO again was not the plan last year,
having worked directly with the Board and our wonderful colleagues for the
last nine months, I couldn't have been more pleased to be asked to put myself
forward alongside other candidates.

"I am delighted to have been selected by the Board at the conclusion of the
recruitment process and proud to lead the Society through the next phase of
its journey. As set out in our recent annual results, our Society is
financially strong and moving confidently into the future. I look forward to
working with colleagues to continue to support our members and deliver our
purpose of putting home ownership within reach of more people, generation
after generation."

For media enquiries please contact:

John Brenan, jbrenan@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk, 07553 645576

Victoria Camidge, victoria.camidge@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk, 07901 049333

About Leeds Building Society

·      Leeds Building Society is the UK's fifth-largest Building Society
with assets of £32.0 billion and a total membership of over 1,000,000 as at
the end of December 2025.

·      The Society's purpose is putting home ownership within reach of
more people, generation after generation.

·      It continues to do today what it was set up to do in 1875 - help
people save money and buy their own home. The Society operates as a mutual,
developing and innovating its product range and service offer to help members
achieve their financial goals.

·      The Society won the title of Best Shared Ownership Mortgage
Lender in the 2025 What Mortgage Awards, its tenth consecutive year of success
in this category.

·      The Society employs over 1,800 colleagues, with a head office in
the centre of Leeds, a customer contact centre in Newcastle, and a network of
51 branches across the UK.

·      The Society has been a Living Wage employer since 2019.

·      The Society is committed to the orderly transition to a greener,
net zero economy by 2050 and has set a second ambitious target to reduce its
scope 1 and 2 location-based emissions by 60% by 2030, aligning with the UK's
net zero commitments.

For more on what the Society does and how it helps its members, visit Leeds
Building Society (https://www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk/)

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