Ruth is a Partner and Group Chief Financial Officer of Bridgepoint Group plc. She is a member of the Group Board and the Firm’s Group Management Committee and Group Operating Committee. She joined the Firm in 2024.
Ruth has extensive experience of global and high growth companies with a strong interest in technology and change. Prior to Bridgepoint, Ruth held CFO roles at Element, a testing, inspection and certification services firm, where she was responsible for finance, procurement, legal, tax, and digital and technology activities, as well as William Hill plc, where she led the finance, assurance, legal and procurement functions. She was also instrumental in the IPO of Worldpay, a global payment-processing business, and helped lead the digital transformation and preparation of the business in the run-up to its IPO in 2015. Earlier in her career, Ruth spent nearly ten years in a variety of operational and financial roles within private equity across a variety of sectors including waste, renewables, music, publishing and retail.
Ruth is a qualified accountant with a degree in Biochemistry and is also a Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair at Motability Operations Ltd.