Debbie Crosbie
{{Short description|British banker (born 1970)}}
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| name = Debbie Crosbie
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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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| education = University of Strathclyde
| occupation = Banker
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| title = CEO, Nationwide Building Society
| term = June 2022–
| predecessor = Joe Garner
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Dame Deborah Anne Crosbie DBE (born 30 March 1970){{Cite web |last=Treanor |first=Jill |date=14 February 2021 |title=Interview: Will Debbie Crosbie, TSB's boss, soon say adios to Sabadell? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/interview-will-debbie-crosbie-tsbs-boss-soon-say-adios-to-sabadell-nwz5hwm58 |work=The Sunday Times |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 May 2024}} is a British banker, and the chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society since June 2022. She was previously the CEO of TSB Bank from May 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/19/tsb-debbie-crosbie-it-meltdown-paul-pester|title=TSB appoints Debbie Crosbie as new chief in wake of IT meltdown|first1=Julia|last1=Kollewe|first2=Kalyeena|last2=Makortoff|date=19 November 2018|website=the Guardian|accessdate=19 November 2018}}
Early life
Debbie Crosbie was born and raised in Glasgow, the daughter of an engineer father and a social care manager mother.{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/financial/clydesdale-bank-has-a-proud-history-of-supporting-women-1-4057663|title=Clydesdale Bank has a proud history of supporting women|author=|date=|website=scotsman.com|accessdate=19 November 2018}} She attended Boclair Academy and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Strathclyde.{{cite web |title=Executive Profile: Debbie Crosbie |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=117578690&privcapId=8159444 |website=Bloomberg LP |accessdate=19 November 2018}}
Career
Crosbie started her career in the Prudential graduate training programme, working in the City of London. In 1997, she joined Clydesdale Bank as a project manager, rising to chief operating officer (COO) in January 2015.
In November 2018, TSB Bank announced Crosbie as its new CEO, to succeed Paul Pester in May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tsb-bank-debbie-crosbie-paul-pester-chief-executive-online-banking-it-failure-a8640556.html|title=TSB appoints Debbie Crosbie as new executive after online banking meltdown|access-date=20 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/tsb-lures-rival-chief-debbie-crosbie-as-it-fights-back-from-it-fiasco-a3993856.html|title=TSB lures rival chief Debbie Crosbie as it fights back from IT fiasco|author=|date=|website=standard.co.uk|accessdate=19 November 2018}}
In June 2022, Crosbie succeeded Joe Garner, as chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society.{{cite news |last1=Venkataramakrishnan |first1=Siddharth |title=Nationwide appoints TSB boss Debbie Crosbie as chief executive |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fd58428a-3d35-47b9-bef0-dd69de204de3 |access-date=8 June 2022 |work=The Financial Times |date=3 December 2021}}
In 2025, after overseeing the merger with Virgin Money and declaring Nationwide's 'record breaking' £2.8bn annual return, she was described by The Independent, as Britain's "most successful woman banker."{{Cite web |date=2025-05-29 |title=Nationwide to return record £2.8bn to customers after Virgin merger |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/nationwide-money-customers-return-virgin-b2759800.html |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
Personal life
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Category:Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Category:British chief executives of financial services companies
Category:Businesspeople from Glasgow
Category:Scottish chief executives
Category:British women chief executives
Category:Scottish women in business
Category:Prudential plc people
Category:20th-century Scottish businesspeople
Category:21st-century Scottish businesspeople
Category:20th-century Scottish businesswomen