Article ID: 8703b264e3568a466b78de09d79db98b4c3c5b7139ced86e9fa2fc8db3b6dac4
Source ID: regulatory:bankofengland.co.uk
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URL: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/people/chief-cashiers
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Overview As Chief Cashier and Executive Director of Payments, Victoria is responsible for making sure that our banknotes have the latest anti-counterfeiting technology, so that people can have confidence that the banknotes they use every day are genuine. The Chief Cashier must also make sure there are enough banknotes in circulation, so they work closely with financial institutions, banknote suppliers and retailers. Every one of our banknotes has the Chief Cashier's signature, demonstrating the Bank's promise to pay the value of the note for all time. Originally, Chief Cashiers’ signatures were handwritten on each banknote one by one: now the signature is added as part of the design and appears on each banknote that is printed. The first Chief Cashier was John Kendrick. He was appointed in 1694, the year the Bank was founded. Victoria took up the role of Chief Cashier and Director of Payments on 2 June 2025. Chief Cashiers from 1694 to the present day Victoria Cleland: 2025 to presentSarah John: 2018 to 2025 Victoria Cleland: 2014 to 2018 Chris Salmon: 2011 to 2014 Andrew Bailey: 2004 to 2011 Merlyn Lowther: 1999 to 2003 Graham Kentfield: 1991 to 1998 Malcolm Gill: 1988 to 1991 David Somerset: 1980 to 1988 John Page: 1970 to 1980 John Fforde: 1966 to 1970 Jasper Hollom: 1962 to 1966 Leslie O'Brien: 1955 to 1962 Percival Beale: 1949 to 1955 Kenneth Peppiatt: 1934 to 1949 Basil Catterns: 1929 to 1934 Patrick Mahon: 1925 to 1929 Ernest Harvey: 1918 to 1925 Gordon Nairne: 1902 to 1918 Horace Bowen: 1893 to 1902 Frank May: 1873 to 1893 George Forbes: 1866 to 1873 William Miller: 1864 to 1866 Matthew Marshall: 1835 to 1864 Thomas Rippon: 1829 to 1835 Henry Hase: 1807 to 1829 Abraham Newland: 1778 to 1807 Charles Jewson: 1775 to 1777 Daniel Race: 1759 to 1775 Daniel Race and Elias Simes (jointly): 1751 to 1759 James Collier and Daniel Race (jointly): 1739 to 1751 Thomas Madockes: 1699 to 1739 Thomas Speed: 1694 to 1699 John Kendrick: 1694
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