CII chief executive Sandy Scott to step down

Carmen Reichman
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The chief executive of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), the parent of adviser body the Personal Finance Society (PFS), has announced he is to step down.

Sandy Scott joined the CII in September 2000 and will remain at the helm until March 2016. Sandy also acted as chairman of the European Financial Planning Association and of the Institute for Global Insurance Education. He said the organisation today is "unrecognisable" to the organisation he joined 15 years ago. During his time, Scott oversaw the implementation of chartered status, the creation of general insurance standards the Aldermanbury Declaration and the creation of the PFS. He said: "In a constantly changing environment the greatest challenge has been to ensure the CII ...

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