Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) he left the company. In 2017, Howard made a cameo return to the world of advertising in an advert for Hotels.com. Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) Howard Brown (born c. 1966) is a former customer services representative and sales ambassador for HBOS plc, which owned both Bank of Scotland and Halifax Bank (previously the Halifax Building Society) in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his appearances in Halifax/HBOS television advertisements, often singing and dancing. He was born in Sheldon, Birmingham, and is of Barbadian descent. Brown became the star of the HBOS Marketing Campaign in 2000, which resulted in
HBOS Marketing Campaign with news agency Reuters, Brown said: In 2004, the Bank Of Scotland dropped Howard from their versions of the adverts. The Bank of Scotland stated that Scottish customers could not stand him because he was "too in-your face, and particulary annoying". HBOS admitted mistakes have been made in promoting the new image north of the border, as it did not take into account the Bank of Scotland brand nor its heritage. The replacement advertising campaign instead feature Scottish members of staff, although the animated version of Howard were used north of the border. HBOS Marketing Campaign In late 2000, UK