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Legal & General’s Nigel Wilson to Retire After Decade as CEO

Firm starting a ‘rigorous process’ to appoint successor
Wilson agrees to stay as CEO until a replacement found

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By Loukia Gyftopoulou and Laura Benitez

January 30, 2023 at 8:15 AM UTC

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January 30, 2023 at 9:25 AM UTC

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Legal & General Group Plc’s veteran chief executive officer is to retire after more than a decade at the helm of the financial services group.

Nigel Wilson has told the insurer’s board he “would like to retire from executive life,” according to a statement Monday. He has been CEO since June 2012, having joined as chief financial officer in 2009.