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Prudential PLC
27 April 2009
For immediate release: 27 April 2009
PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NICOLAOS NICANDROU AS CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
The Board of Prudential plc ("Prudential") is pleased to announce the
appointment of Nicolaos ("Nic") Nicandrou as Chief Financial Officer and Group
Board Director as successor to Tidjane Thiam who, as previously announced, will
become Group Chief Executive on 1st October 2009.
Nic joins Prudential from Aviva, where he has worked for eleven years in 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 for ten years
in both London and Paris, specialising in insurance and more general financial
services.
Commenting on the appointment, Mark Tucker, Group Chief Executive said:
"I am pleased to welcome Nic Nicandrou to the Group. His technical depth and
experience combined with the quality of his leadership makes him the ideal
person to succeed Tidjane when he steps up to be Group Chief Executive".
Commenting, Tidjane Thiam, Chief Financial Officer and Group Chief Executive
designate, said:
"I am delighted that Nic has taken the decision to join Prudential and I know he
will significantly enhance our already strong management team and continue our
commitment to best in class disclosure and market communication. I greatly look
forward to working with him".
Commenting, Nic Nicandrou said:
"I am delighted to be joining Prudential as Chief Financial Officer and look
forward to working with Tidjane. Prudential is ideally placed in terms of its
unique geographic exposure, capital strength and leadership capability, to
continue its outperformance over the cycle".
A starting date for Nic Nicandrou has yet to be confirmed.
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Notes to Editors:
Remuneration Arrangements:
Prudential is committed to full disclosure of the remuneration of its
Executives.
Nic Nicandrou's basic salary will be £550,000. His annual bonus has a maximum
potential of 160%, of which 40% is deferred. LTIP awards are 200% of base
salary. This is placed in line with FTSE50 best practice.
Notes to Editors:
About Prudential plc
Prudential plc is a company incorporated and with its principal place of
business in England, and its affiliated companies constitute one of the world's
leading financial services groups. It provides insurance and financial services
directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world. It
has been in existence for over 160 years and has £249 billion in assets under
management (as at 31 December 2008). Prudential plc is not affiliated in any
manner with Prudential Financial, Inc, a company whose principal place of
business is in the United States of America.
Forward-Looking Statements
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certain of Prudential's plans and its current goals and expectations relating to
its future financial condition, performance, results, strategy and objectives.
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"seeks" and "anticipates", and words of similar meaning, are forward-looking. By
their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty
because they relate to future events and circumstances which are beyond
Prudential's control including among other things, UK domestic and global
economic and business conditions, market related risks such as fluctuations in
interest rates and exchange rates, and the performance of financial markets
generally; the policies and actions of regulatory authorities, the impact of
competition, inflation, and deflation; experience in particular with regard to
mortality and morbidity trends, lapse rates and policy renewal rates; the
timing, impact and other uncertainties of future acquisitions or combinations
within relevant industries; and the impact of changes in capital, solvency or
accounting standards, and tax and other legislation and regulations in the
jurisdictions in which Prudential and its affiliates operate. This may for
example result in changes to assumptions used for determining results of
operations or re-estimations of reserves for future policy benefits. As a
result, Prudential's actual future financial condition, performance and results
may differ materially from the plans, goals, and expectations set forth in
Prudential's forward-looking statements. Prudential undertakes no obligation to
update the forward-looking statements contained in this statement or any other
forward-looking statements it may make.
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