Prudential director joins PRA

Carmen Reichman
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Prudential's director of UK and European insurance subsidiaries and head actuary has joined the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) as an independent member of the board.

David Belsham, who joined Prudential as an actuarial trainee in 1983, will join the regulator in May next year. The Bank of England - home to the PRA - also announced Rosalind Gilmore will step down from her role as an independent member of the board at the end of September, after 17 months in office. Gilmore previously held roles at the Treasury as well as a number of part time directorships, most recently at insurer Zurich. Governor of the Bank and chair of the PRA board Mark Carney said: "I am delighted that David Belsham will be joining the board as an independent member early ...

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