John Van Der Wielen has been appointed Managing Director International at Friends Life. He will replace Rocco Seppe who is leaving the company at the end of September. Van Der Wielen will report directly to CEO, Andy Briggs and will become a member of the Group Executive Committee.
In his role as Managing Director, International Van Der Wiellen will have responsibility for all of the group’s international businesses. These include Friends Provident International (FPI), fpb AG - FPI’s German distribution partner, Lombard, and AmLife in Malaysia. Reporting to John will be Paul Tunnicliffe, Managing Director Friends Provident International, David Steinegger, Chief Executive of Lombard and Stefan Giesecke, Chief Executive of fpb AG. Andy Briggs, chief executive officer, Friends Life said: “John is a high calibre executive with the key skills and experience to dri...
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