The Lending Standards Board (LSB) has appointed three new non-executive directors.

Broadcaster Iain Dale, economic authority Paul Johnson CBE, and charity sector leader Caron Bradshaw OBE will replace Liz Barclay and Graham Peacop, who stepped down at the end of their terms on 1 April.

Dale has hosted primetime shows on LBC Radio since 2010 and hosts a series of podcasts including For the Many, a political show co-hosted by former home secretary Jacqui Smith.

He is a contributor across the media with regular appearances in the Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, BBC Newsnight, and on Good Morning Britain.

Johnson serves as director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the UK economic research institute. He writes a fortnightly column for the Times and is a visiting professor in the UCL Policy Lab. For ten years, Paul was a member of the UK Climate Change Committee and has also served on the council of the Royal Economic Society.

Bradshaw has led Charity Finance Group (CFG) as chief executive since 2010, having previously worked as head of the charity and voluntary sector at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

“We're excited to welcome three outstanding individuals to the LSB's Board," said Ken Scott, chair of the LSB. "Their expertise in finance, consumer rights, policy, and governance will be instrumental as we continue to drive financial institutions to deliver better customer outcomes across the board."

According to the LSB, the non-profit's standards and industry codes currently cover 90 per cent of UK personal lending and £120 billion of lending to SMEs.

It says it is the only UK watchdog to provide a sector-wide framework of protections for customers against authorised push payment fraud.

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