Biography
Victoria Cleland is the Senior Advisor to the Governors and chair of the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB).
She leads work on the Bank’s contribution to delivering the National Payments Vision, including inputting on retail payments strategy, as a member for the National Payments Vision Delivery Committee and Chair of the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board.
Victoria is a member of the Bank for International Settlement’s Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and Cross-Border Payments Co-ordination Committee.
Her previous roles include the Chief Cashier (2014-2018 and 2025-2026), Executive Director for Payments and Executive Sponsor of the RTGS Renewal Programme, Deputy Head of the Special Resolution Unit, Private Secretary to the Deputy Governor, and positions relating to financial market infrastructure and the financing of small businesses in the UK.
Victoria is the executive sponsor of our staff disAbility Network, a director of the Business Disability Forum and an ambassador for the charity Sense.
She has a BA in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, and an MBA from Imperial College London.
