Skip to Content
Nic Nicandrou Corporate Headshot (External) Nov 2024

Nicolaos Nicandrou

Group Chief Financial Officer Elect

Career and experience

Nic joined Phoenix Group on 2nd 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.

Nic 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. Nic is 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

Current external appointments

NED and member of the Audit Committee of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Insurance Authority, Adviser at Dragonfly International Holdings Limited and Managing Director of A&FN Overseas Holdings Limited.