Donal Vaughan
About Donal Vaughan
Donal Vaughan serves as the SME Lending Lead at Starling Bank in London, United Kingdom, a position he has held since 2019. With extensive experience in banking, he has previously worked at various institutions including Bank of Ireland and Habib Bank AG Zurich.
Work at Starling Bank
Donal Vaughan has served as the SME Lending Lead at Starling Bank since 2019. In this role, he has played a significant part in the design of the SME borrowing application journey. He manages a team of 15 SME Collections Specialists, addressing complex queries and insolvency issues. Vaughan has been involved in future resource planning to ensure service availability for customers and internal stakeholders. He contributed to the creation of SME Credit Policy and Procedure documentation and implemented improvements in the underwriting process.
Previous Experience in Banking
Before joining Starling Bank, Donal Vaughan held various positions in the banking sector. He worked at Bank of Ireland for over a decade, starting as Branch/Business Banking from 1998 to 2004, then as Assistant Business Manager from 2005 to 2009, and later as Associate Director from 2009 to 2012. Vaughan also served as Senior Relationship Manager at Habib Bank AG Zurich for one year and as Senior Manager Commercial Credit at RateSetter from 2014 to 2018. He was Head of Credit at Growth Street for one year before transitioning to Starling Bank.
Education and Qualifications
Donal Vaughan has a solid educational background in business and finance. He studied Accounting and Business/Management at Cork Institute of Technology, earning a qualification as an Accounting Technician from 1999 to 2001. He furthered his education at The Open University, where he studied Business/Commerce from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, he completed a Certificate in International Trade Finance at the IFS School of Learning.