Legal & General Retail appoints first UK protection and fintech chief risk officer

Brown succeeds Carole Avis, the CRO of the former Legal & General Insurance division, who will be retiring after spending more than 37 years with the insurer. As CRO, Brown will oversee the UK protection and fintech businesses within the insurer's retail arm. Her role as IT and data protection risk director will focus on strengthening the retail division's risk function. She brings with her 12 years' experience in operational risk, having joined the provider in 2017. During her time at the company, she has held senior operational risk roles, most recently as head of the operational an...