Victoria Jarman is a Chartered Accountant who qualified at KPMG before spending over ten years with Lazard Ltd in the Investment Banking team, and then as Chief Operating Officer for Lazard's London and Middle East operations until 2009. She has previously been a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committees of Equiniti Group plc, Hays plc and De La Rue plc, a Non-Executive Director of Signature Aviation plc, Entain plc and Melrose plc, and Senior Independent Director at Equiniti Group plc. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of GPE plc (Chair of its Audit Committee) and of Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc (Chair of its Audit Committee). Ms. Jarman holds a B.Eng Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leicester.