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Our Board
To view the biographies click on the names of the directors below.
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Harvey McGrath was appointed as an independent non-executive director
of Prudential on 1 September 2008, and became Chairman and Chairman
of the Nomination Committee on 1 January 2009. Harvey has a long and
distinguished career in the international financial services industry. He
started his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in London and New York. From
1980 to 2007 he worked for the Man Group, first as Treasurer, then Finance
Director, then President of Man Inc. in New York, before being appointed
as Chief Executive of Man Group plc in London in 1990, and then
Chairman in 2000. He left Man Group in 2007.
Harvey is also Chairman of the London Development Agency, which
works for the Mayor of London, coordinating economic development and
regeneration across London, and Vice Chairman of the London Skills and
Employment Board, which is tasked with developing a strategy for adult
skills in London. He is the former Chairman of both London First and the
East London Business Alliance, and a Member of the International Advisory
Board of the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Harvey is a trustee of a number of charities including New Philanthropy
Capital, a research based charity which gives advice and guidance to
donors and charities; the Royal Anniversary Trust which operates the
Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education; Children
and Families Across Borders (CFAB), which protects the rights and welfare
of children and vulnerable adults across borders; icould, an online careers
resource; and the Prince’s Teaching Institute, which promotes subjectbased
professional development for teachers. |
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Tidjane Thiam has been an executive director of Prudential since 25 March
2008. He was the Chief Financial Officer until 30 September 2009, and
became Group Chief Executive with effect from 1 October 2009. Tidjane
was previously Chief Executive Officer, Europe at Aviva, where he also held
successively the positions of Group Strategy and Development Director
and Managing Director, Aviva International. Tidjane spent the first part of
his professional career with McKinsey & Company in Paris, London and
New York, serving insurance companies and banks. He then spent a
number of years in Africa where he was Chief Executive and then Chairman
of the National Bureau for Technical Studies and Development in Côte
d’Ivoire and a cabinet member as Secretary of Planning and Development.
Tidjane returned to France to become a partner with McKinsey & Company
as one of the leaders of their Financial Institutions practice before joining
Aviva in 2002.
Tidjane was a non-executive director of Arkema in France until November
2009, when he resigned from the Arkema board. He is a member of the
Council of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, a sponsor
of Opportunity International, and a member of the Africa Progress Panel
chaired by Kofi Annan. |
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Nic Nicandrou has been an executive director of Prudential and Chief
Financial Officer since 28 October 2009. Before joining Prudential, he
worked at Aviva, where he held a number of senior finance roles, including
Norwich Union Life Finance Director and Board Member, Aviva Group
Financial Control Director, Aviva Group Financial Management and
Reporting Director and CGNU Group Financial Reporting Director.
Nic started his career at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, where he worked
in both London and Paris. |
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Rob Devey has been an executive director of Prudential and Chief
Executive, Prudential UK and Europe since 16 November 2009. Rob
joined Prudential from Lloyds Banking Group where he worked from
2002 in a number of senior leadership roles across insurance and retail
banking including Managing Director, Direct Channels UK Retail Banking,
Managing Director of HBOS Financial Services and Managing Director of
HBOS General Insurance. Prior to joining HBOS, Rob was a consultant with
the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the UK, US and Europe, working
in financial services. |
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Clark Manning has been an executive director of Prudential since January
2002. He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Jackson National
Life Insurance Company. Clark was previously Chief Operating Officer,
Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary of Jackson National Life Insurance
Company, which he joined in 1995. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice
President and Chief Actuary for SunAmerica Inc, and prior to that,
Consulting Actuary at Milliman & Robertson Inc. Clark has more than
25 years’ experience in the life insurance industry, and holds both a
bachelor’s degree in actuarial science and an MBA from the University
of Texas. He also holds professional designations of Fellow of the
Society of Actuaries (FSA) and Member of the American Academy
of Actuaries (MAAA). |
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Michael McLintock has been an executive director of Prudential since
September 2000. He is also Chief Executive of M&G, a position he held at
the time of M&G’s acquisition by Prudential in 1999. Michael joined M&G
in 1992. He previously also served on the board of Close Brothers Group
plc as a non-executive director (2001-2008). Since October 2008, he has
been a Trustee of the Grosvenor Estate. |
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Barry Stowe has been an executive director of Prudential since November
2006, and Chief Executive, Prudential Corporation Asia since October
2006. He has also been a director of LIMRA and LOMA since October 2008, and a member of the Board of Visitors of Lipscomb University since May 2009. Previously, Barry was President, Accident &
Health Worldwide for AIG Life Companies. He joined AIG in 1995, and
prior to that was President and CEO of Nisus, a subsidiary of Pan-American
Life, from 1992-1995. Before joining Nisus, Barry spent 12 years at Willis
Corroon in the US. |
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| Keki Dadiseth FCA |
Independent non-executive director and member of the Remuneration Committee |
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Keki Dadiseth has been an independent non-executive director of
Prudential since April 2005. During 2006, he was appointed as a non-executive
director of ICICI Prudential Life Assurance Company Limited and
ICICI Prudential Trust Limited. Keki is also a director of Britannia Industries
Limited, Piramal Healthcare Limited, Siemens Limited, The Indian Hotels
Company Limited and Godrej Properties Limited, all of which are quoted
on the Bombay Stock Exchange. In addition, he acts as advisor to Goldman
Sachs, Fleishman-Hillard Inc and Oliver Wyman Limited, and as a trustee
for a number of Indian charities. Keki is the non-executive Chairman of
Omnicom India Marketing Advisory Services Private Limited, an unquoted
Indian company, and is also a board member of various other unquoted
Indian companies, including his recent appointment as Chairman of Sony
India Pvt Ltd and Senior Advisor to Sony Group in India.
Before he retired from Unilever in 2005, Keki was Director, Home and
Personal Care, responsible for the HPC business of Unilever worldwide,
a Board member of Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V., and a member of
Unilever’s Executive Committee. He joined Hindustan Lever Ltd in India
in 1973 and in 1987, he joined the Board of Hindustan Lever and became
Chairman in 1996. |
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| Michael Garrett |
Independent non-executive director and member of the Remuneration Committee |
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Michael Garrett has been an independent non-executive director of
Prudential since September 2004. He worked for Nestlé from 1961,
becoming Head of Japan (1990-1993), and then Zone Director and
Member of the Executive Board, responsible for Asia and Oceania, and in
1996 his responsibilities were expanded to include Africa and the Middle
East. Michael retired as Executive Vice President of Nestlé in 2005. He
served the Government of Australia as Chairman of the Food Industry
Council and as a Member of the Industry Council of Australia, and was also
a member of the Advisory Committee for an APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation) Food System, a Member of The Turkish Prime Minister’s
Advisory Group and the WTO (World Trade Organization) Business
Advisory Council in Switzerland.
Michael remains a director of Nestlé in India, and was appointed
Chairman of the Evian Group in 2001, a think tank and forum for dialogue
promoting free trade. He also serves as a non-executive director on the
Boards of the Bobst Group in Switzerland, Hasbro Inc. in the USA, and
Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited in Guernsey. In addition,
he is a member of the Development Committee of the International
Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), as well as a Member of the Swaziland
International Business Advisory Panel under the auspices of the
Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) London. |
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Ann Godbehere has been an independent non-executive director
of Prudential since August 2007. She has been a member of the Audit
Committee since October 2007 and became its Chairman on 1 October
2009. Ann began her career in 1976 with Sun Life of Canada, joining
Mercantile & General Reinsurance Group in 1981, where she held a
number of management roles rising to Senior Vice President and
Controller for life and health and property/casualty businesses in North
America in 1995. In 1996, Swiss Re acquired Mercantile & General
Reinsurance Group, and Ann became Chief Financial Officer of Swiss Re
Life & Health, North America. In 1997, she was made Chief Executive
Officer of Swiss Re Life & Health, Canada. She moved to London as Chief
Financial Officer of Swiss Re Life & Health Division in 1998 and joined the
Property & Casualty Business Group, based out of Zurich, as Chief
Financial Officer on its establishment in 2001. From 2003 until February
2007, Ann was Chief Financial Officer of the Swiss Re Group.
Ann is also a non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc, Rio Tinto Limited,
UBS AG, Ariel Holdings Limited, Atrium Underwriting Group Limited and
Atrium Underwriters Limited. In 2008 and until January 2009, Ann was
Chief Financial Officer and an executive director of Northern Rock. |
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| Bridget Macaskill |
Independent non-executive director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nomination Committee |
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Bridget Macaskill has been an independent non-executive director of
Prudential since September 2003. Bridget rejoined the Board of Prudential
having previously resigned due to a potential conflict of interest in 2001.
She has been a member of the Remuneration Committee since 2003 and
became its Chairman in May 2006.
Bridget joined First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, (formerly Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC), a US based investment management firm, as President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2009, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2010. She is a trustee of the TIAA-CREF funds and was previously also a
non-executive director of the Federal National Mortgage Association –
Fannie Mae (2005-2008), Scottish & Newcastle PLC (2004-2008)
and J Sainsbury Plc (2002-2006). Prior to that, she spent 18 years at
OppenheimerFunds Inc, a major New York based investment management
company, the final 10 years of which she was Chief Executive Officer. |
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Kathleen O’Donovan has been an independent non-executive director
of Prudential since May 2003. She has been a member of the Audit
Committee since 2003, and was its chairman from May 2006 until
30 September 2009. Kathleen is also a director and Chairman of the
Audit Committee of Trinity Mirror plc, a non-executive director of
ARM Holdings plc, and Chairman of the Invensys Pension Scheme.
Previously, Kathleen was a non-executive director and Chairman of the
Audit Committees of Great Portland Estates PLC, EMI Group plc and the
Court of the Bank of England, and a non-executive director of O2 plc.
From 1991 to 2002, Kathleen was Chief Financial Officer of BTR and
Invensys, and prior to that she was a partner at Ernst & Young. |
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| James Ross |
Senior Independent non-executive Director and member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees |
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James Ross has been an independent non-executive director of Prudential
since May 2004 and the Senior Independent Director since May 2006.
He is also a non-executive director of Schneider Electric in France, and
Chairman of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and of the
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. James was previously a non-executive
director of McGraw-Hill and Datacard Inc in the United States,
and prior to that, Chairman of National Grid plc and Littlewoods plc. He
was also Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless plc and Chairman and
Chief Executive of BP America Inc., and a Managing Director of the British
Petroleum Company plc. |
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Lord Turnbull has been an independent non-executive director of
Prudential since May 2006, and a member of the Audit Committee since
January 2007. He entered the House of Lords as a Life Peer in 2005. In
2002, he became Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil
Service until he retired in 2005. Prior to that, he held a number of positions
in the Civil Service, including Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury;
Permanent Secretary at the Department of the Environment (later
Environment, Transport and the Regions); Private Secretary (Economics)
to the Prime Minister; and Principal Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher
and then John Major. He joined HM Treasury in 1970.
Lord Turnbull is Chairman of BH Global Limited and a non-executive
director of Frontier Economics Limited and The British Land Company PLC,
and was formerly a non-executive director of the Arup Group (2006-2007).
He also works part-time as a Senior Adviser to the London partners of
Booz and Co (UK). |
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