Leadership

Jim McConville was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company as Group Finance Director on 28 June 2012. Between April 2010 and December 2011, he was Chief Financial Officer of Northern Rock plc. Prior to that, between 1988 and 2010, he worked for the Lloyds Banking Group plc (formerly Lloyds TSB Group plc) in a number of senior finance and strategy related roles latterly as Finance Director of Scottish Widows Group plc and Director of Finance for the Insurance and Investments Division. Mr McConville qualified as a Chartered Accountant whilst at Coopers and Lybrand.

Fiona Clutterbuck was appointed Head of Corporate Development in June 2010, and subsequently Head of Strategy, Corporate Development and Communications in March 2012.  Fiona joined Phoenix Group in June 2008.  Prior to working in the Phoenix Group, she was Head of Financial Institutions Advisory at ABN AMRO between 2001 and 2008, where she advised on the acquisition of Pearl, and Pearl on the acquisition of Resolution plc.  Prior to that, Fiona worked at both HSBC Investment Bank and Hill Samuel.  Fiona is a qualified Barrister.

Alan Jones was appointed HR Director for Pearl Group in May 2008. Previously Alan was HR Director for Resolution plc, HR Director for Britannic Group and HR Director at Heath Lambert. Alan started his career in the Royal Navy where he held a variety of posts including Commanding Officer of the Navy’s Leadership and Management Operation and Director of HR and Training.

Jane MacLeod was appointed as General Counsel in October 2009 having previously been Group Legal Director since September 2008 and prior to that Senior Legal Adviser for Pearl Group Limited since March 2006. Jane has previously held senior legal roles with Henderson Group plc, AMP (UK) plc, and law firms Minter Ellison (Australia) and Wilde Sapte (UK).

Mike was appointed Chief Executive, Phoenix in September 2009. Phoenix covers the life and pensions business of The Phoenix Group. Mike was previously the Group Chief Actuary following the acquisition of Resolution plc. Having qualified in 1988, Mike held various roles in London Life including Chief Financial Officer, and then moved to Britannic to lead the actuarial team.

Jean Park was appointed Chief Risk Officer in November 2009. Previously, Jean was Risk Management Director and a member of the Executive of both LTSB Insurance and Investments Division and Scottish Widows Group. Jean's career started at Ernst and Young where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant, prior to moving to Scottish Life and then to Scottish Widows.