Andy Briggs was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer (designate) of the Company on 1 January 2020. Mr Briggs has over 30 years of insurance industry leadership experience and is a qualified actuary. He was Group Chief Executive of Friends Life, the listed insurer, Managing Director of Scottish Widows, Chief Executive of the Retirement Income division at Prudential and Chairman of the ABI. Most recently he was CEO UK Insurance of Aviva plc until April 2019. He is a board member of the ABI, a Trustee and Chair of the Income Generation Committee of the NSPCC and also serves as the UK Government’s Business Champion for the Ageing Society Grand Challenge and for Older Workers.