Barclays investment director appointed NS&I chief

Takes over from Jane Platt

Carmen Reichman
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The Chancellor has appointed former Barclays Bank director of investments Ian Ackerley as chief executive of NS&I (National Savings and Investments).

Ackerley has 15 years' experience in UK financial services, having spent the past five years at Barclays and previously been managing director of investments and pensions at Virgin Money. His expertise, according to his Linkedin profile, lies in 'strategy and operational performance improvement with particular focus on distribution in the UK retail financial services market'. Ackerley follows in the footsteps of Jane Platt, who stood down from the government-backed financial services company in the summer after 10 years in the role. NS&I has 25 million customers to whom it prov...

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