Neil Costello, Head of Marketing – Atom Bank

Neil has over 10 years of marketing experience with Aviva practicing many disciplines including product development, marketing strategy, customer strategy, research & insight. His current role of Head of Customer Innovation & Experience sees him leading a new function charged with identifying customer propositions that utilise emerging and new technologies. This includes providing a global digital testing resource, leading a global innovation tournament and recognising opportunities to translate initiatives from one market to another.

In his spare time he wields paintbrushes and falls off bikes with regular aplomb.

Neil is working with York Mind as part of Donate28.

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