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Arlene Cairns

Arlene Cairns

Life Chief Financial Officer & Group Performance Director

Experience:

Arlene joined Phoenix Group in April 2023 with over 20 years experience in senior finance leadership roles.

Prior to joining Phoenix Group, she was the Group CFO & Board Executive for Donaldson Group Ltd, having joined from Aviva plc where she was the Chief Finance Operations Officer leading Global Finance Operations and Transformation. Arlene has held several senior global finance & strategy roles across the UK, Ireland and Australia working for Westpac Institutional Bank, Allied Irish Bank plc, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd and Zurich Financial Services & consulting experience at Ernst & Young LLP. Arlene is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Chair Designate of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and member of the court for Glasgow Caledonian University.

She is based in Scotland with her husband and two daughters.

Roles and responsibilities:

  • Managing and overseeing the Life company’s Financial Performance including maintenance and allocation of capital and liquidity for the Life Companies.
  • Lead the Savings & Retirement Commercial Finance teams to deliver the Business Unit Trading Performance.
  • Lead the development and delivery of the Savings & Retirement Strategy with a focus on delivering better Customer outcomes.