Katherine Chung appointed to BGL Board

Representative for CPPIB

Adam Saville
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Digital distributor announces Chung to replace Iñaki Echave, who will continue as chair of comparethemarket.com

BGL Group, the digital distributor behind Beagle Street, Dial Direct and Fifty Life, has announced that Katherine Chung has joined its Board as non-executive director. She joins the Board as representative of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which owns a 30% stake of BGL Group. She is responsible for CPPIB's private equity investments in Europe. Before joining the firm as a senior principle in 2017, she was a principle at Crestview Partners where she led and managed investments in insurance, specialty finance and business service. Chung has also worked for Blackstone, ...

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