Team

Our team consists of Foundation employees and associates who are passionate about our mission and values.


Antony Elliott OBE, FCIB
Founder

Antony founded the Fairbanking Foundation in 2008, which conducts research, provides advice and is the certification body for the Fairbanking Mark.

Prior to this he had spent over ten years as Group Risk Director of a major retail bank having worked for a number of UK and international banks previously.

He has been actively involved in researching the field of financial well-being since 2004 and has a large number of published reports in the area. His research includes the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation report, “Fair banking – the road to redemption for UK banks” (2009), subsequently published as “Financial well-being components” in Social Indicators Research (2013) and he was lead author for the Money Advice Service report, “Transforming Financial Behaviour” (2010), examining the role of behavioural economics in improving financial capability.

Antony has a degree in Banking and International Finance from City University and a master’s degree in Operational Research from Imperial College, London. In 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to bank customers.

Click here to see recent reports and articles Antony has authored....


Ivo Vlaev

Ivo is a Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Ivo received his graduate education in psychology from the University of Oxford. Before coming to Warwick, Ivo worked at University College London and Imperial College London. He has published in peer-reviewed academic journals, book chapters and government reports.

Ivo’s research interests are human decision-making (also known as behavioural economics) in various domains (finance, health, environment, education, social). He also investigates innovative methods for developing and evaluating behaviour change interventions. Ivo co-authored of the famous UK Cabinet Office MINDSPACE report, which provides a framework for designing effective policy utilising the latest insights from the field of behavioural economics. The MINDSPACE framework is widely used across both local and central government and in the commercial sector. His consulting work with various public and private organisations is on applying behaviour change principles to change people’s decisions and improve their welfare.

Click here to see recent report 'Close the financial guidance gap', Ivo has authored....