During this period he was named Blue Chip FD of the Year in the 2009 Accountancy Age Awards.
[4] In January 2014 the bank "stunned the City" by announcing his resignation, albeit this did come after a period of high losses, a rights issue and a cancelled dividend for the bank [5] He said it was "totally my decision to leave".
[7] Meddings was a non-executive board member of HM Treasury for over seven years until December 2021.
[3] Meddings was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the financial sector.
[10] Meddings is married with three children, enjoys golf, cricket and football, and supports Wolverhampton Wanderers.