John was appointed Chairman of the Company on 1 March 2010. He has extensive experience of financial services. He is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and is also the Chairman of Guide Dogs for the Blind. He was previously a director of the Telstra Corporation; a member of the Australian Federal Attorney General’s Business Government Advisory Group on National Security; a Member of the Australian Prime Minister’s Task Group on Emissions Trading; Chief Executive of Woolwich (1996-2000); Deputy CEO of Barclays (2000-2003); and Chief Executive of National Australia Bank (2004-2008).
Committee Memberships:
* Nominations Committee
Nigel joined Legal & General as Group Chief Financial Officer in 2009. In May this year he was appointed Group Chief Executive Designate, and he succeeded Tim Breedon as Group Chief Executive on 30th June 2012.
Prior to joining Legal & General, Nigel was Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of United Business Media plc. Nigel was appointed as Senior Independent Director (SID) of The Capita Group plc in 2010 and was SID/Chairman of Halfords Group Plc until 31 March 2011.
Previous appointments include, Group Commercial Director of Dixons Group Plc, Chief Executive, Corporate, Guinness Peat Aviation (G.P.A.), Managing Director of Stanhope Properties Plc and a consultant at McKinsey & Co, clients included BP, Citibank, Cadbury's, Santander, Kingfisher, Courtaulds, Whitbread and Globe Investment Trust. Qualifications include a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Kennedy Scholar. Nigel is the current 800m British Masters Athletics Champion.
Nigel is married with five daughters.
Mark was appointed to the Board in January 2009. He joined Legal & General in 1998 and has held a variety of divisional finance director roles and served as Group Financial Controller, Communications and Resources Director, Resources and International Director and UK Service Operations Director. From 2006, he was Managing Director, With-Profits. Prior to joining Legal & General, he had worked in senior financial and business development roles at companies including Kingfisher Plc and ASDA.
John was appointed to the Board in December 2003, having joined Legal & General in 1980. John's former roles include: Director, UK Operations; Managing Director, Legal & General Asia and various posts in Customer Services and IT.
Mark Zinkula was appointed Group Executive Director (LGIM) in September 2012, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of LGIM in March 2011. Prior to that, he was CEO of Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) since 2008 and played an integral part in the establishment and successful expansion of LGIMA. Prior to joining LGIMA, Mark was at Aegon Asset Management where he was Global Head of Fixed Income.
Henry was appointed to the Board in May 2004. He is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Plc, The Merchants Trust Plc, New Look Retailers Limited and Capital & Counties Properties Plc. Former roles include: Finance Director of ITV Plc and Granada Group Plc; Chairman of Ashtead Group Plc and non-executive director of EMAP PAP Plc, Independent Television News Limited and Vector Hospitality Plc and Ladbrokes Plc.
Committee Memberships:
* Audit Committee
* Nominations Committee
* Risk Committee
Mike was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2011. He was previously Deputy Group Chief Executive, Lloyds TSB Group Plc from 1998-2008. Mike is currently Chairman of Horizon Acquisition Company Plc, a Non-Executive Director of Northern Rock Plc, Danske Bank AS, Vertex Group Limited and The Energy Saving Trust Limited and Chairman of the Lloyds TSB Group Pension Trust Ltd.
Committee Memberships:
* Audit Committee
* Nominations Committee
* Remuneration Committee
Rudy was appointed to the Board in October 2006. He is also a non-executive director of Standard Chartered Plc and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committees, a non-executive director of the Financial Reporting Council, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Parcel Service Inc, UCL Partners Ltd and AstraZeneca Plc. Former roles include: Chief Financial Officer, Director of Strategy and Technology and Treasurer of Unilever Plc; Chair and CEO of Unilever Japan, Chair of Unilever Australia.
Committee Memberships:
* Nominations Committee
* Remuneration Committee
Stuart was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2011. He was previously Senior Partner of Clifford Chance from 2003-2011. Stuart is currently Vice-Chair of EMEA Banking for Citigroup Inc, Chairman of City UK, a Member of the Advisory Council, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and a Council Member of Chatham House.
Committee Memberships: * Nominations Committee * Remuneration Committee * Risk Committee
Lindsay was appointed to the Board in May 2013. He was previously Chairman of the UK’s National Association of Pension Funds, and is now Chairman of the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel. He previously held senior executive roles at Barclays Global Investors (now Blackrock), including as UK CEO, pan European CEO and later becoming the firm’s Vice-Chairman. Lindsay’s former roles also include: director of the Financial Reporting Council and Chairman of the Investment Management Association.
Committee Memberships:
* Nominations Committee
* Remuneration Committee
Julia was appointed to the Board in November 2011. She is also the Group Finance Director of 3i Group plc. Before this, she was the Deputy Finance Director at 3i Group plc and Group Director of Corporate Finance at Cable & Wireless plc.
Committee Memberships:
* Audit Committee
* Nominations Committee
