Steve Clare has returned to his Kentish roots as NatWest commercial banking director.

He will look after small and medium businesses in Maidstone & Medway, where he joined the bank in 1983.

His first job was at NatWest's Gillingham High Street branch, followed by a move to Maidstone in 1985, working his way through various branch roles before joining the West Malling Business Centre in the early 1990s.

He was a relationship manager in both Medway and Maidstone before undertaking business director roles across Kent.

Mr Clare leads the Commercial Banking team from the bank's County Gate offices in Maidstone alongside 11 relationship managers and two business development managers, reporting to Kent regional director Warren Mulvihull.

Mr Clare went to King's School, Rochester, and has always lived in Medway. He has three children, aged 12, 16 and 18.

He said: "I am delighted to return to an area I class as home and am looking forward to meeting up with familiar faces in the business community. "