Before joining UK Export Finance, Louis Taylor had a career in banking and corporate finance, most recently with Standard Chartered Bank where he held positions as Chief Operating Officer for Group Treasury and also as CEO, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia. His early career included eight years in investment banking for JP Morgan and seven years running strategy and acquisitions for Cookson Group plc and Invensys. In September 2020, Catherine Lewis La Torre was appointed Interim CEO of the Bank to allow government to map out the next phase of the Bank's development before commencing the search for a permanent successor to the CEO.