Ben Stimson

Ben Stimson was Chief Operating Officer at the Bank of England between January 2022 and March 2025.

Previous roles include Digital Director of Waitrose, part of the John Lewis Partnership. Prior to that Ben was Retail Director of Waitrose, with overall responsibility for leading the company’s portfolio of shops and eCommerce services.

Ben was also Chief Customer Officer at NHS Test and Trace, where he held responsibility for the NHS Covid-19 app and created the offer of asymptomatic testing for UK citizens.

He holds non-executive roles with Premier Marinas (wholly owned by the Wellcome Trust), the Youth Sport Trust, and is a former Chair of the Nationwide Building Society’s Charitable Foundation.