Background
He was born in Hertfordshire, having two older sisters. His father was an aeronautical engineer who had worked at de Havilland, and had married Alegra Mizrahi in 1959.
chairman head Chief Executive of Openreach
He was born in Hertfordshire, having two older sisters. His father was an aeronautical engineer who had worked at de Havilland, and had married Alegra Mizrahi in 1959.
He studied Geography at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
He went to school at King"s College School, a prestigious independent school in Wimbledon, leaving in 1987. P & G
He was a graduate trainee at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1991. He spent nine years at P&G and spent five years in Romania, then worked at their European headquarters in Brussels.
Household Bank
He joined Household Bank in 2004.
He was appointed Head of United Kingdom Retail Bank on 1 December 2010, replacing Paul Thurston, and leaving at the end of October 2012. at this time he sat on the Practitioner Panel of the Financial Services Authority (Federal Security Agency). Brian Robertson was Head of Household Bank Group"s (combined) United Kingdom operations at the time.
British Telecom
Garner became chief executive of British Telecom"s infrastructure division Openreach in February 2014. He will leave the company in April 2016 to become chief executive of Nationwide Building Society.
Nationwide
His role at Nationwide will start on 5 April 2016, with current Chief Executive Officer Graham Beale stepping down on 4 April 2016.