Leadership

Mike was appointed Chairman of M&G Prudential in October 2018. Mike has over 36 years of savings and investments experience, including twelve years as non-executive chairman of Hargreaves Lansdown and past service as non-executive director at Chesnara plc, esure plc and CBRE Global Investors UK. He is also non-executive chairman of Just Eat plc and was chairman of ZPG plc until July 2018. A qualified actuary, Mike spent twenty years at Skandia UK earlier in his career, rising to become Chief Operating Officer.

John became Chief Executive of M&G Prudential in August 2017, having spent 17 years within the Prudential Group in a number of senior roles including Chief Executive of Prudential Capital, Group Chief Risk Officer, Group Investment Director, and most recently, Chief Executive of Prudential UK & Europe. In January 2016, he rejoined the board of Prudential plc, having already served a previous term while Group Investment Director. Prior to joining Prudential, John spent over 20 years at Hill Samuel & Co, where he worked in every division of the bank, culminating in senior roles in risk, capital markets and treasury for the combined TSB and Hill Samuel Bank.

John became Chief Executive of M&G Prudential in August 2017, having spent 17 years within the Prudential Group in a number of senior roles including Chief Executive of Prudential Capital, Group Chief Risk Officer, Group Investment Director, and most recently, Chief Executive of Prudential UK & Europe. In January 2016, he rejoined the board of Prudential plc, having already served a previous term while Group Investment Director. Prior to joining Prudential, John spent over 20 years at Hill Samuel & Co, where he worked in every division of the bank, culminating in senior roles in risk, capital markets and treasury for the combined TSB and Hill Samuel Bank.

Mark is the serving Chief Financial Officer of Prudential plc, the parent company of M&G Prudential. Before joining Prudential, Mark was Managing Partner for Clients and Markets, a member of the executive committee and a member of the Board of Deloitte UK. He was a Vice Chairman of Deloitte for four years, leading the CFO Programme and developing the CFO Transition labs. Mark previously led the Insurance & Investment Management audit practice and the insurance industry practice. He worked at Deloitte for 26 years, building his industry focus on insurance and investment management globally.

Clare leads Prudential UK, driving our business transformation, and is also Chief Financial Officer of M&G Prudential.

Clare joined Prudential UK and Europe from Aegon in November 2016, where she was Chief Financial Officer and led the strategic review and transformation of Aegon’s UK business. With over 25 years’ experience in the insurance and financial services industries, including serving as Chief Financial Officer at Swiss Re, Clare has built a strong reputation for leading and developing high performing teams across multiple business locations. She also has extensive experience in dealing with international regulators, including those in the UK, Ireland and various countries in Continental Europe, as well as Asia and the USA.

Miguel leads the process of bringing M&G and Prudential UK&E together, as well as overseeing all our major transformational projects and the operations and IT functions for M&G Prudential.

Miguel joined Prudential from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he was Senior Partner and Global Head of Life Insurance. He set up the UK insurance practice for BCG, and has worked across asset management, wealth management, life and P&C insurance with local and global clients. Prior to joining BCG in 1998, Miguel was a theoretical physicist, working at MIT and Imperial College. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge.

Director of Prudential Group-wide Internal Audit since September 2015, Keith moved to his new role with M&G Prudential in November 2017. He has overall responsibility for risk, compliance and the relationships with our regulators.  

Keith joined Prudential in 2011 as Audit Director for Risk, before becoming Chief Risk Officer for PruCap and PPMG in early 2014. Prior to joining Prudential, Keith initially worked as a management consultant, before starting a 20-year career in financial services, including spells at Standard Chartered, Standard Bank and Deutsche Bank in risk management and internal audit, the role of Lead Economist for the Americas for SCB, and two years in the policy team at the UK FSA.  

Keith has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in economics and econometrics from the University of Bristol.

Jack manages PruCap and the Investment Office of Prudential UK and oversees its investment activity. He has a dual reporting line to Clare Bousfield and to John Foley. Jack is also Group Treasurer for Prudential plc, reporting to Mark Fitzpatrick for these activities.

Irene joined Prudential UK & Europe in August 2016 from Barclays, where she was Group Human Resources Director. She became HR Director of M&G Prudential in September 2017. She has also held senior roles at BP and Cable & Wireless, as well as running her own consultancy business.