Stuart Morgan

CoatsChief Legal & Risk Officer, Group Company Secretary & Director of Sustainability & Communications

Stuart joined Coats in 2014 and is responsible for legal, compliance, governance, risk management, ethics and integrity, internal audit, ESG/sustainability, internal and external communications and company secretarial matters. He is a permanent attendee at and advisor to the Group plc Board and a member of the Management Board, the Group Risk Management Committee, the M&A Committee and the Digital, Technology and Data Protection Steering Committee.

He was previously General Counsel for Retail & Wealth with Lloyds Banking Group where he led international teams and provided legal and regulatory advice, risk management guidance and strategic support.

Prior to working at Lloyds Banking Group, Stuart was Executive Director, Law & Compliance at Morgan Stanley. Stuart began his legal career as a solicitor and mediator with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and New York, before which he was a director of a public relations and marketing consultancy.

Stuart is married with three children and in his copious spare time he competes in endurance cycling, swimming, triathlon and quadrathlon events; trains Paralympic wheelchair athletes; plays the bagpipes, and makes undrinkable wine on a small farm in Ibiza.