Will leads Corporate Affairs for the Starling Group, based in London. The Group comprises Starling Bank, the pioneering retail and SME digital bank; Engine by Starling, the global banking Software-as-a-Service exporter; and Fleet, a specialist mortgage lender. Before joining Starling in 2024, Will led communications for HSBC Global Commercial Banking across 53 markets. Before that he was a journalist in the UK, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific for organisations including The Financial Times and Bloomberg.