Johnny Timpson to leave Scottish Widows

After three decades

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Financial protection technical and industry affairs specialist decides to step down

Johnny Timpson has announced he will be leaving Scottish Widows and Lloyd's Banking Group in April, after 30 years at the insurer. It is understood that Timpson intends to offer his services as a consultant. He told COVER: "I remain absolutely focused on improving consumer financial, physical and mental health and also their financial resilience, particularly to income shocks. In addition I'm committed to improving both consumer and small business financial inclusion and access to individual and workplace financial protection and wellbeing solutions. The importance of these need areas...

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