– UK, London – Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN), today announce the appointment of George Lewis as independent non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.
George will join the Audit, Nominations and Risk Committees on appointment.
George brings to the Board significant experience in financial services and in particular a focus on asset management following a 30-year career with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), including, from 2012 to 2015, as a member of RBC’s Group Executive board responsible for RBC’s global asset and wealth management and insurance businesses. His experience in growing RBC’s global asset management business in the US, UK, Asia and other international markets will be important as the Group seeks to develop its LGIM business globally.
Sir John Kingman, Group Chairman, said: “I am delighted to welcome George to the Group Board. George’s many years of experience in the asset management sector will supplement the skills and experience of the Board and I look forward to working with him.”
About Legal & General Group Plc
The Legal & General Group, established in 1836, is one of the UK’s leading financial services companies. As at 31 December 2017, we had over 9.5 million customers in the UK for our life assurance, pensions, investments and general insurance plans and over 1 million life insurance customers in the US.
Over fifteen million people worldwide rely on us to help them save for the future and to protect their families and their homes.
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