Richard Fearon

Richard Fearon

CEO, Leeds Building Society

Richard Fearon joined Leeds Building Society in 2016 as Chief Commercial Officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2019.  Leeds Building Society is the 5th biggest Building Society in the UK with assets of £25.5bn and is a strongly purpose based organisation focused on putting homeownership within reach of more people – generation after generation. Leeds Building Society unveiled record breaking results for 2022, supporting 18,000 first time buyers onto the housing ladder and withdrawing from lending on second homes to direct more energy towards helping first time buyers. Richard has been a member of the UK Finance Mortgage Product & Service Board (MPSB) since 2018, Deputy Chair from 2020-2021 and chaired the MPSB for 2022/2023. 

Richard started his career at Oliver Wyman & Company and spent 10 years at Lloyds Banking Group in senior mortgage and savings roles prior to joining Leeds Building Society.