Andy Briggs (businessman)

Andy Briggs
BornMarch 1966 (age 58)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Businessman
Chief executive, Phoenix Group

Andy Briggs MBE (born March 1966) is a British businessman and chief executive of Phoenix Group.[1] He previously served as the Aviva Chief Executive Officer UK Insurance and Global Life and Health as well as the Government Business Champion for Older Workers and NSPCC trustee.[2]

Early life and education

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Briggs went to King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford.[3] He has a BSc Honours in Mathematics and Actuarial studies from the University of Southampton.[4]

Career

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In 1987, Briggs started his career at Prudential as an actuarial trainee and stayed with the firm for nineteen years, becoming chief executive of the Prudential Group's Retirement Income business UK and Europe.[5] After leaving Prudential in 2006, he worked at Scottish Widows[6][7][8] and Lloyds Banking Group[9] before joining Friends Life as Group CEO[10][11][12][13] Aviva acquired Friends Life in April 2015[14] with Briggs becoming Chief Executive [15] of the UK and Ireland Life business.[16]

In January 2017, it was announced that Aviva would merge its UK life and general insurance businesses.[17][18] As part of this, Briggs was announced as the new CEO UK Insurance.[19] He stood down from this role in April 2019.[20]

In November 2019, Phoenix Group announced that their current CEO Clive Bannister would be standing down, with Briggs was to be appointed as CEO subject to regulatory approval.[21] In February 2020, it was announced by Phoenix Group that Briggs had been appointed to the board of directors.[22]

Briggs was awarded an MBE in the 2021 new year honours.[23]

Other interests

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Briggs became chair of the Board of the Association of British Insurers in October 2016 for a two-year term.[24] At the Conservative Party conference on 4 October 2016[25] his appointment as Government Business Champion for Older Workers with Business in the Community was announced.[26][27] His role is to encourage other CEO's and business leaders to recruit the over -50's [28][29] as well as addressing issues such as balancing work and care provision.[30]

In February 2017, he challenged UK businesses to increase the number of their workers aged 50–69 by 12% by 2022.[31] Some of the UK's largest companies, including Boots and the Co-Op [32] responded by pledging to act on Briggs’ challenge.[33] He also called on businesses to publish their data showing how many employees are over 50, with several including Barclays doing so in response.[34]

He has also been a long-term supporter of the NSPCC, having joined the NSPCC Fundraising Committee in 2006 and is the current committee chair.[35] In 2016 he became a trustee of the NSPCC.[36]

Personal life

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Briggs is married with four children.[3] He was awarded an MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Phoenix Group - Leadership". 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Andy Briggs to head combined Aviva insurance businesses". 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Griffiths, Katherine Griffiths, Banking (18 December 2023). "Andy Briggs: The British insurance boss with a seat at the table of power at Cop26". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 18 December 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Andy briggs friends life chief designate - Mathematical Sciences - University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk.
  5. ^ "Andy Briggs - Money Marketing". 26 April 2007.
  6. ^ "Face to face with Andy Briggs of Scottish Widows: Bridging the gap". Citywire.
  7. ^ "Briggs takes on top role at Widows". www.scotsman.com.
  8. ^ "Andy D Briggs, Phoenix Group Holdings PLC: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Lloyds insurance boss quits after 12 months for Friends role - Insurance Post". 25 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Resolution appoints new Friends Provident CEO". Reuters. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018.
  11. ^ Ltd, Zero-One Design. "Andy Briggs joins Friends Life as CEO". www.actuarialpost.co.uk.
  12. ^ Kollewe, Julia (25 January 2011). "Resolution appoints new chief executive at Friends Provident" – via www.theguardian.com.
  13. ^ Wilson, Harry (1 January 2018). "Lloyds insurance boss Andy Briggs to lead Friends Provident" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  14. ^ Dakers, Marion (13 April 2015). "Aviva and Friends Life rise in first day as a merged company" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Aviva confirms Friends chief to become UK life boss".
  16. ^ "Newsroom". www.aviva.com. 19 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Aviva merges UK insurance businesses, Europe CEO quits". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Aviva shakes up management for 'transformation'". 19 January 2017.
  19. ^ Jones, Callum (1 January 2018). "Aviva's European chief leaves as insurer merges UK businesses" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  20. ^ "Aviva's Andy Briggs leaves provider". FT Adviser. Financial Times. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Phoenix Group Holdings plc - Board Changes". otp.tools.investis.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  22. ^ "Board Changes". otp.tools.investis.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  23. ^ a b "New Year Honours list 2021: Cabinet Office". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Avivas Andy Briggs to be next ABI Chairman ABI". www.abi.org.uk.
  25. ^ "Aviva UK chief made gov't business champion for older workers".
  26. ^ Aviva (4 October 2016). "Aviva's Andy Briggs announced as Business Champion for Older Workers" – via YouTube.
  27. ^ "GREEN: SPEECH TO CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE 2016". CCHQ Press.
  28. ^ "Govt appoints Aviva CEO Briggs as business champion for older workers". Professional Adviser. 5 October 2016.
  29. ^ "'Older workers tsar' tasked with keeping workers over 50 in their jobs". Evening Standard. 5 October 2016.
  30. ^ CWO. "CWO News - CWO Forum Report: Empowering Women to Work". Conservative Women's Organisation.
  31. ^ "Press release: Business Champion for Older Workers calls for a million more older people in work by 2022". Business in the Community. 6 February 2017.
  32. ^ Oliver, Ralph (23 May 2017). "Businesses set targets for recruiting older workers". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  33. ^ "Major firms commit to hiring more older workers by 2022". Sky News. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  34. ^ Hurst, Greg (24 May 2017). "Employers reveal how many of their workers are 50-plus" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  35. ^ NSPCC. "Our organisation and structure". NSPCC.
  36. ^ NSPCC. "Our organisation and structure". NSPCC.

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