Scottish Widows taps Scott Wheway as chair

Effective 12 September

Hemma Visavadia
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Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Scott Wheway as chair of Scottish Widows, with effect from 12 September 2022.

Wheway, who succeeds Sophie O'Connor who took on the role on an interim basis, will also take up a non-executive director role within Lloyds Banking Group and Scottish Widows from 1 August 2022. He is currently chair of Centrica as well as AXA UK but has stepped down from his role at AXA UK today (30 June). Wheway brings with him more than 15 years' experience having chaired Aviva Insurance and served as a non-executive director of Aviva between 2007 and 2016. He also spent seven years on the board of Santander UK, where he was the senior independent director until 30 September 202...

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