Membership Directory - Individual
Chris Knight
Chief Risk Officer at Legal & General
About
Bio: Chris has been the Chief Risk Officer of L&G Group since 2021, where he supports the Executive and the Board to make great risk-aware business decisions balancing the interests of all stakeholders.
Prior to this he was the CEO of Retail Retirement Customers Division with a remit to deliver a range of products and services to help customers fund their retirement including market-leading lifetime mortgage, lifetime annuities and fixed-term retirement products.
Chris joined L&G in 2009 having previously spent 10 years in actuarial and management consulting in Asia and Africa and has a First Class Honours Degree in Economics.
Prior to this he was the CEO of Retail Retirement Customers Division with a remit to deliver a range of products and services to help customers fund their retirement including market-leading lifetime mortgage, lifetime annuities and fixed-term retirement products.
Chris joined L&G in 2009 having previously spent 10 years in actuarial and management consulting in Asia and Africa and has a First Class Honours Degree in Economics.
With L&G’s particular focus on customers saving for and in retirement, Chris believes the industry can do more to improve the experience of older people who are LGBT+. Chris says "In L&G, our customers are as diverse as we are. We are seeing the tragedy of LGBT+ people who were "out" during their working lives feeling they must go back "in" as they get older, becoming perhaps more vulnerable and are potentially requiring care. Stereotypically, we think of "older" people as "parents" or "grandparents". But this mode of thinking, like so many thought-habits relating to older age, is out of date - there are a million people age over 60 in the UK who don't have children".
He adds "I am delighted to be recognised as an LGBT+ executive ally representing Legal and General. I'm an Ally of the campaign because I passionately believe in the importance of L&G's 3-fold mission to improve the lives of our customers, make a positive impact on society for the long term and add value to our shareholders. In order to make this to fruition, we need to have a team of talented people drawn from all walks of life and parts of society. No one has a monopoly on truth or good ideas. Unless we have wide range of people and perspectives, being fully themselves and giving fully of themselves, we will not be giving 100% to this mission."
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