Board Members

Dennis Holt was appointed as a non-executive director of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited on 20 September 2006.

Dennis is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and worked for Lloyds TSB plc for over 30 years, recently as the Main Board Executive Director accountable for the UK Retail Bank. In 2001 he became Group Chief Executive of AXA UK plc and a member of the global AXA Executive Committee and performed these roles until he retired in 2006.

Dennis is a non-executive director of the Bank of Ireland and Principle Insurance Holdings, having previously been Vice-Chairman of the Association of British Insurers and Chairman of its General Insurance Council.

Mark Austen was appointed as a non-executive director of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited on 20 September 2006.

Mark is a chartered management accountant and worked for Price Waterhouse and its successor PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 25 years, during which time he became Managing Partner of the Global Financial Services Consulting Practice and a Member of the Global Board.

With the acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers financial services consulting practice by IBM in 2002, he joined that company as Senior Executive, Financial Services Practice of Business Consulting Services until he resigned in 2005. Mark is a non-executive director of Standard Bank plc, Temenos Group AG and Smartstream Technologies Ltd.

Mark chairs the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.

Gill Nott was appointed as a non-executive director of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited on 25 May 2005.

Gill used to be a director of the Financial Services Authority and is currently chairman of Baronsmead VCT and Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC. Gill is also a board member of a number of other venture capital trusts and investment trusts.

Gill chairs the Investment Committee.

Ian Reynolds is an actuary and chartered director and was appointed as a non-executive director of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited on 3 January 2008.

Ian Reynolds has had many years' experience in the insurance industry, including being a director of HSBC Life, Marks & Spencer Life Assurance and Equitable Life. He's also been an insurance adviser to the Financial Services Authority and is a member of the Council of the Institute of Actuaries.

Stuart Sinclair was appointed as a non-executive director of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited on 24 September 2008.

Stuart was the Chief Operating Officer at Aspen Re and held Chief Executive positions within GE Financial Services and Tesco Personal Finance. He's also a non-executive director of Prudential Health Limited.

Stuart chairs the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

Mike Rogers was appointed as a director of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited and Group Chief Executive on 5 June 2006.

Mike worked for Barclays Bank for 20 years, holding a variety of roles in Business Banking, Wealth Management and Retail Banking. Recently he was Managing Director of Barclays UK Retail Banking.

Richard Rowney joined LV= in February 2007 and was appointed to the Board in August 2007.

Richard worked for Barclays Bank for 14 years and was Risk Director of Small Business, Chief Operating Officer of Premier Banking and Integration Director for the Woolwich and Barclays retail bank.

Keith Abercromby joined LV= in July 2007 as Group Finance Director and was appointed to the Board in December 2007.

Keith held a number of roles within HBOS, including Managing Director of Halifax Life and Finance Director of HBOS Financial Services. Latterly, Keith was Finance Director of Norwich Union's Life Division.