Clifton Melvin named as next chair of Unum UK board

Malcolm McCaig to step down

Adam Saville
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Nick Poyntz-Wright to be added as non-executive director

Unum UK non-executive director and risk committee chair, Clifton Melvin, has been named as the next chair of the Unum UK board. Melvin, who has been a non-executive director of Unum UK since 2014, will step down as risk committee chair to take on the new role as of August 2019 (subject to regulatory approval). As a non-executive director, Melvin also acted as senior independent director at Just Retirement and chair of the Standard Life With Profits Committee, and he is currently chair of Sipp provider Gaudi and the Audit Committee at Saga's Insurance Broking business. He has held s...

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