Lowther

Merlyn Vivienne Lowther was the 29th Chief Cashier, holding the post between 1999 and 2004.

Born in 1954, she joined the Bank of England in 1975, holding various senior management positions within the Bank including personnel director from 1996 to 1998 and deputy chief cashier from 1991 to 1996. She was the first woman to become Chief Cashier.

After she left the Bank in 2004, she became a non-executive director of Schroders Plc. Merlyn Lowther is a trustee of Henry Smith's Charity and of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and is a member of the advisory group to the chief executive of Frogmore Property Company Ltd.