Phil Herriott

Director of Education, Lloyds Bank

Phil brings over 20 years of dedicated experience in supporting the education sector. He currently leads our national education proposition, overseeing a team of 14 specialist education relationship managers who work with eight out of 10 school trusts across the UK. Phil is committed to delivering value to our clients through cutting-edge digital innovations—driving efficiency, reducing risk, enhancing oversight, and strengthening financial control.

Finance

1 Breakout sessions: Series two

Lloyds Bank: Connecting finance and operations - Rethinking payments across the trust ecosystem

This strategic panel discussion brings together payments expertise from Lloyds alongside sector insight, including reflections from James Rant to explore the changing role of payments and financial operations across trusts. We examine streamlined payment processes, stronger controls and better integration, and the role they play in supporting efficiency, resilience, and visibility across organisations. The session also explores the evolving payments landscape, including straight through processing and embedded payments as part of wider digital transformation. Discover techniques for improving visibility, reducing friction in procure-to-pay workflows and preparing for future payment models. Ideal for CFOs, COOs, finance directors, procurement, and operations leaders.