LV= appoints new chairman

Current chairman John Woolhouse announced at the friendly society’s AGM that he would step down as chairman and member of the board on July 1 2007. Dennis Holt joined LV= (previously Liverpool Victoria) in September 2006, having retired from the AXA group in June 2006. He was group chief executive of AXA’s UK and Ireland businesses and a member of the global executive committee of AXA SA, one of the largest life, investment, insurance and asset management businesses in the world. Previously he held a range of senior positions within the Lloyds TSB group, latterly as the main board dir...