Ruth Lea is a non-executive director of Arbuthnot Banking Group and acts as Economic Adviser to the group. Ruth was previously Director of the Centre for Policy Studies between 2004 and 2007 and Head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors between 1995 and 2003. She has also worked for ITN, Mitsubishi Bank, Lehman Brothers and was 16 years in the Civil Service, including the Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry.

Ruth regularly publishes her views on the economy in her 'Perspectives' publications, available on the Arbuthnot Banking Group website. For more details, please follow the link.