Sarah Williams-Gardener
Biography
Sarah Williams-Gardener was appointed as a Non-executive Director of DVLA in February 2024.
Education
Sarah left school after completing ‘O’ Levels. She later went on to an IBM sponsored MBA at INSEAD.
Career
Sarah spent 17 years at IBM, latterly as Government Affairs Director working with government departments, as well as working on commercial and innovation projects. Sarah was a founding member of the team behind the challenger bank Starling. After leaving Starling in June 2019, Sarah held an interim CEO role at the charity ‘Hope for Children’, followed by a consultancy contract at Fair 4 All Finance, setting up their market and consumer insights team.
Sarah is currently the Chair at FinTech Wales, a members-collective focused on empowering the FinTech and financial services in Wales and leading the organisation in establishing Wales as a globally recognised FinTech hub of excellence. Sarah is also a trustee for Surviving Economic Abuse.
Non-executive Director
Responsible for bringing ideas and advice, both from her experience of the wider business world and from her perspective as a private citizen.