Nicolaos Nicandrou

Appointed:

2 December 2024, subject to regulatory approval 

Career and experience

Nicolaos joined Phoenix Group on 2 December 2024 with over 30 years of financial services experience. He most recently held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Prudential Asia & Africa, and prior to this was Group CFO of Prudential plc.

Nicolaos has held several senior finance and executive leadership roles during  his career including CFO of Aviva UK Life, Group Financial Control  Director of Aviva plc and Chair of the European Insurance Industry CFO Forum. He is a Non-Executive Director (‘NED’) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Insurance Authority and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of  England & Wales.

Key skills and competencies:

• Experienced in leading significant transformational and infrastructure projects which assists with oversight of the implementation of the Group’s evolved financial framework, driving progress towards being the UK’s leading retirement savings and income business.
• Detailed knowledge of financial markets as leader of Phoenix Group’s financial strategy, which supports achievement of strong financial results in line with the financial framework of Cash, Capital and Earnings.
• Extensive financial services experience and strong awareness of the global life insurance sector enabling informed contributions to discussions on long-term strategy.

Current external appointments

NED and member of the Audit Committee of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Insurance Authority.