Scottish Widows appoints Ranila Ravi-Burslem as intermediary distribution director

Joins from Aviva

John Brazier
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Scottish Widows has appointed Ranila Ravi-Burslem as its new intermediary distribution director, also working across the Embark brand.

Ravi-Burslem joins from Aviva where she was previously workplace savings and retirement distribution director. She will oversee intermediary distribution at both Scottish Widows and Embark, focusing on growing the group's distribution reach, as well as "continuing to innovate" for the intermediary market and support the provider's white label partners, starting in April. Lloyds Banking Group acquired investment and retirement platform Embark at the start of February and announced a new operational strategy incorporating both Embark and Scottish Widows last week, including a new "digit...

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