Gavin Wells

Gavin Wells was appointed Chair of LionFish in July 2023. After serving for eight years as a British Army officer in the Royal Artillery, he spent fifteen years at Citi working in a variety of trading and global leadership roles in Foreign Exchange.

He was subsequently hired by the London Clearing House, now a part of the London Stock Exchange Group, as CEO of the services business, where he worked with fourteen of the largest shareholder banks, to deliver the first clearing service for Foreign Exchange and rebuild a similar service in Paris for Credit Default Swaps.

From 2016 to date, Gavin worked at a leading fintech, Digital Asset, bringing distributed ledger technology to financial services before moving to the FX arm of Deutsche Börse Group, 360T, to work on their product strategy. Over that period, recognising his passion for both governance and leadership, he completed the Financial Times NED diploma and then went on to complete an MA in Coaching and Mentoring.

Gavin has a deep interest in the development of individuals and teams, in particular, the role this plays in effective business outcomes and governance. He is a founding member of the Women’s Equality Party and actively supports the charities Action Breaks Silence and The Recovery Course.