Lord Blackwell appointed Scots Wids chairman

Lord Blackwell, a board member of the Centre for Policy Studies and a former non-executive director of Standard Life, replaces Lord Leitch who stepped down earlier this year. He assumes the chairmanship on 1 September. Lloyds also announced the appointment of both Blackwell and Carolyn Fairbairn - a non-executive director of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) between 2007 and 2011 - as non-executive directors with effect from 1 June. In additiion, Norval Bryson has been appointed deputy chairman of Scottish Widows Group, having been a non-executive director since 2005. Commenti...