Richard Topliss
Managing Director, Corporate & Commercial Banking, North Region, Royal Bank of ScotlandRichard is the Local Enterprise Partnership lead for Action in Transport Innovation.
He has 40 years experience in Corporate Banking working for NatWest / RBS in Bristol, London, Birmingham and Scotland, prior to re-joining the North West in 2000.
He is now Managing Director of Corporate & Commercial banking in the North of England and North Wales leading a team delivering banking services to a full spectrum of businesses from SME’s through to FTSE100 names. He is also Chairman of The Manchester Growth Company and a member of The North West Business Leadership Team.

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