Independent committee members
Below you can read about our other committee members, who aren't on the LV= Board.
Ian Blanchard
Ian is a qualified actuary with more than 40 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Ian worked for LV= between 1996 and 2008 where he was group actuary and the chair of trustees for the LV= Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. Ian joined Teachers Assurance in 2008 as finance director. As part of the transfer of the Teachers business to LV=, Ian joined the LV= With-Profits Committee in 2016. He is currently chair of the LV= With-Profits Committee and a member of the RNPFN Supervisory Board. Ian is also a non-executive director at Benenden Healthcare.
Mike Kipling
Mike joined the RNPFN Supervisory Board in 2018 and the LV= With-Profits Committee in 2020. He is a qualified actuary with more than 40 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He was chief actuary at Royal & Sun Alliance Life from 1999 to 2004, and from 2012 to 2017 he was with profits actuary at Friends Life. Mike was a member of the Council of the Institute of Actuaries for 15 years, including two years as a vice president. He is also a member of West Sussex County Council's Pensions Committee and of the Financial Reporting Council's Tribunal Panel.
Veronica Oak
Veronica joined the With Profits Committee at LV= in 2022 and is also an independent member of the RNPFN Supervisory Board. With a career in financial services spanning over 40 years, Veronica brings a broad range of experience to the role with an emphasis on delivering good customer outcomes and has held a number of non-executive director positions. She has been marketing director for a life company and a reinsurer and also spent over 20 years as an independent marketing and business development consultant helping companies develop their strategy and new products and services for their customers. She is currently a non-executive director at B&CE, provider of The Peoples’ Pension.
Rodney Baker-Bates
Rodney has been a member of the RNPFN Supervisory Board since it was established and a trustee for three years before. Rodney is a qualified accountant, banker and management consultant with 30 years’ executive experience in UK and international financial services, including acting as pension trustee on four corporate schemes. For the last 25 years, he has acted as chairman, non-executive, or trustee across a wide range of industries including banking, insurance, and investment. His chair experience includes boards of entertainment, transport, farming, computer software and e-commerce businesses.