Graham Beale is the Chief Executive of the Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society is a British building society, and is the largest in the world. It has its headquarters in Swindon, England, and maintains significant administration centres in Bournemouth and Northampton...

, the UK's largest mutual

Mutual

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 financial organisation.

He joined Nationwide in 1985 as a chartered accountant

Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountants were the first accountants to form a professional body, initially established in Britain in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants , the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants were each granted a royal charter almost from...

 and was appointed Managing Director of a Glasgow subsidiary in 1997.

In 2002 he became Divisional Director, Commercial and then joined the Board in 2003 as Group Finance Director. He was appointed Chief Executive on 1 April 2007.

His total pay and benefits during the year 2010 was £1.88 million.