Samantha Homer

Ms Homer joins the organisation having returned from an eight-year spell in Bermuda, where she held senior roles with AIG. Ms Homer previously qualified as chartered accountant with Edinburgh mid-tier firm Chiene & Tait, before gaining Big 4 experience with Deloitte in Bermuda.

Ms Homer said: “It’s really important to me to be joining an organisation whose mission is to help the community and that is exactly what Capital sets out to do.  I also see this as an opportunity to drive improvements within the finance function and to help the organisation with its plans to grow and continue to offer ethical services to our members.”

Marlene Shiels, Capital’s chief executive, added: “Samantha has a broad range of experience gained in professional services firms here in the UK and from her time in Bermuda with a multinational finance and insurance corporation.

“I am sure she will play a huge part in helping us improve our systems and finance function and I’m delighted she has joined the senior team here at Capital. She fully understands what we are trying to do to support our members in these tough times and will also contribute to our strategy to increase membership.”

Ms Homer is a Strathclyde University Mathematics graduate and qualified as a CA in 2011.