Brian Crowe joined the board of Lombard Risk in 2004 at the time of its IPO on AIM. He was the Chief Executive of Global Banking & Markets at the Royal Bank of Scotland plc ("RBS") until October 2008. During his tenure at RBS, Brian Crowe was a member of the Group ALCO, Credit and Investment Committees of RBS and a member of the Group Executive Management Committee. He was chairman of the Wholesale Committee of the British Bankers Association from 2006 to 2008, and was a member of the Global Banking Issues Committee of the European Banking Federation (or Fédération Bancaire Européenne) from 2005 to 2008. He was also a member of the City of London EU Strategy Group for 2007/8. Prior to joining RBS, he was Head of Derivatives at Chase Manhattan Bank in London. He is a former board member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).