Stuart is a Non-Executive director at Pension Corporation, the UK pension annuity specialist, and an independent consultant. Previously, Stuart was the Group Compliance Director at Aviva and a Managing Director at Promontory Financial Group - a consultancy specialising in strategy, risk, and governance issues. 

Earlier in his career, Stuart worked on a range of regulatory and public policy issues at the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) and, before that, at the Bank of England and IMF. During his time at the FSA, he was successively Head of UK Banks Regulation, Head of Retail Intelligence and Regulatory Themes and Head of Major Insurance Groups Regulation. He also led the re-launch of the FSA’s 'Treating Customers Fairly' initiative and the supervision of the large insurance groups during the global financial crisis. He was responsible for changes to the supervisory approach to insurance groups which were introduced following the crisis.

Stuart takes a keen interest in mental health issues particularly among the young and other vulnerable groups. He is the Treasurer of a new community charity providing counselling services to rough sleepers and is also the Risk and Audit Trustee at a Multi-Academy Trust.