Press Release

NICK PRETTEJOHN JOINS CII FACULTY OF LIFE AND PENSIONS BOARD

30 June 2006 

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced that Nick Prettejohn, Chief Executive Prudential Assurance, UK & Europe, is to join the Advisory Board of its recently formed Faculty of Life and Pensions.

Launched in March, the Faculty aims to help companies drive up standards of professionalism and good practice and so benefit from enhanced consumer confidence.

An Advisory Board of senior industry leaders – chaired by CII President Peter Hales – is helping to shape the strategy of the Faculty and ensure that the CII’s qualifications, competency and learning solutions are tailored to the needs of the life and pensions industry.

Peter Hales says, “I am delighted to welcome Nick to our Board. Prudential are a leading life and pensions provider in the UK and getting their support is a tremendous boost. Combined with the other top level involvement I expect us to get the Faculty firmly established and making a real impact sooner rather than later.”

The members of the Advisory Board are:

Richard Anderson - Distribution Director, Scottish Widows
Graham Dumble, Director of Risk and Regulation, AEGON UK
Paul Evans - Chief Executive, Axa Sun Life
Patrick Gale - Chief Executive, Sesame plc
Ben Gunn - Chief Executive, Friends Provident Life & Pensions Limited
Chris Kenny - Director of life & pensions, ABI
Elaine MacLean, HR Director of Legal and General
Nick Prettejohn, Chief Executive, Prudential UK plc
Trevor Matthews - Chief Executive, Standard Life
John Simmonds - Managing Director, Advisory Service, Axa Sun Life

Chairman: Peter Hales, CII President.

The CII Group has a range of faculties and societies including the Personal Finance Society, Society of Mortgage Professionals and faculties for Broking; Claims; London Market; and Underwriting. Membership of one faculty is free to CII members. Further details: www.cii.co.uk/faculties