Canada Life UK taps Paul Russell as CIO

Effective immediately

Hemma Visavadia
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Canada Life UK has announced the appointment of Paul Russell as chief information officer (CIO).

Russell has joined the insurance provider from start-up Upside Saving, where he was founder and chief technology officer. His experience spans building online customer experiences as well as engaging in modern digital engineering approaches, technologies, and architectures. During his career, Russell worked at service management company Smart 421 and held roles with Legal & General and Aviva.  Russell said it was a "great time" to join a business which is part way through a "significant transformation" and IT change programme. "I look forward to working with the team to help nav...

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