Lee McNabb

Head of Payment Strategy & Research
Natwest Payments

Lee leads Payment Strategy and Research for NatWest Payments. Assessing the landscape, understanding the threats and opportunities, setting the go forward direction, supporting customers across multiple brands and doing so in collaboration with internal and external partners. 

With knowledge and experience working across all types of payments, he has also been a leading voice internally and externally in the Digital Currency space, sitting on multiple industry groups and representing NatWest at industry events

He also has extensive banking experience in product / P&L management, risk, policy setting and strategy.  

Lee joined NatWest in 2018 after 13 years at the Co-operative Bank where he held senior leadership roles within product and payments.  Latterly owning the payment strategy together with responsibility for regulatory change including PSD2 and key payment scheme relationships.

Married with a daughter and a son, Lee is a keen footballer and captains his local side. He is an ardent supporter of Liverpool FC and has followed them all over Europe.