M&G plc leadership

Andrea Rossi was appointed Group Chief Executive in October 2022. He has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, in particular on the global asset management and insurance sectors. He was CEO of AXA Investment Managers and a member of the AXA Group Executive Committee for six years. Before that Andrea was CEO of their Italian Insurance business, a position he held for five years. He also held a number of senior roles across AXA’s insurance businesses in France, the Mediterranean and Middle East regions. Andrea began his career with GE before moving to AXA in 2001.

Before joining M&G, Andrea was a Senior Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group on Insurance and Asset Management within the firm’s Financial Institutions practice. He is also a Non-Executive Director of REsustain, a firm he co-founded in April 2021 which developed a platform that reduces carbon intensity in commercial real estate.

Andrea graduated from INSEAD with an MBA in 1994, and holds a MsC in Economics and Commerce from the University of Rome, “La Sapienza”.

Benoît Macé joined M&G plc in October 2022 and is the Group's Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. Prior to that he spent 17 years at Boston Consulting Group, where he was a Managing Director and Partner in Financial Services, advising businesses in the asset management, wealth management and insurance sectors across the UK and Continental Europe.

In his role at BCG he worked extensively with executive management teams on profitable growth strategies, operating model redesign and digital transformation initiatives. He also led the firm’s asset management activities in the UK and Continental Europe for 5 years.

Benoît holds Masters of Science from Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris.

Charlotte joined M&G plc in 2023 and has over 20 years’ legal and governance experience advising a number of blue-chip companies across a range of sectors. Charlotte joined from The Very Group, where she was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, responsible for the oversight of corporate governance and ESG, as well as legal, risk and compliance. Charlotte previously spent 11 years at RSA Insurance Group, latterly as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, having started her career at Linklaters.

Chris has been Chief Information Technology Officer of M&G plc since 2018, responsible for defining and delivering the Group's technology strategy and enabling the digital transformation of the business. Previously, Chris has over 20 years' experience in technology roles, including as CIO of BT Global Services, delivering technology and communications services to BT's 5,000 global business customers, and as CIO of Openreach Service Delivery, enabling the digital transformation of technology and services for more than 33 million customers in the UK.

Clive joined M&G in September 2023. With over 30 years of experience in financial services, he joins us from LV= where he was Managing Director of Protection, Savings and Retirement.

Over his career Clive has built deep expertise within the Life, Wealth advice and Pensions sector, including 11 years at Aviva Life UK, five of which were as Managing Director of Retirement Solutions.

Clive represents M&G on the Board of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Elisabeth Stheeman joined the board of M&G plc as well as its Audit and Risk Committees on 1 August 2024. Elisabeth is currently Chair of the Edinburgh Investment Trust plc, Non-Executive Director of W. P. Carey Inc, Non-Executive Member of Deloitte’s North & South Europe Board and the Deloitte UK Oversight Board, as well as Deloitte’s Audit Governance Board, and an External Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

She served on the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee until February 2024 and the Bank of England's Financial Market Infrastructure Board until December 2023. Prior to this, Elisabeth was Global Chief Operating Officer for LaSalle Investment Management and prior to that worked at Morgan Stanley for 25 years across a variety of sectors including Real Estate and the Financial Institutions Group.

Paul Evans joined the board of M&G plc as well as its Audit, Risk and Remuneration Committees on 1 October 2024. Paul is currently Chair of Allianz Holdings plc and Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Bupa.

Paul is an experienced senior business leader in financial services, with deep experience in life insurance. He spent 17 years at AXA in a variety of senior roles in life insurance, wealth management and asset management, including as Group CEO of AXA's Global Life, Savings and Health businesses with responsibility for global asset management.

Prior to joining AXA, Paul spent 13 years with PwC as a Chartered Accountant.

Clare Chapman is currently a non-executive director and chairs the remuneration committee at Weir Group and also chairs Acas, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service for Great Britain, co-chair The Purposeful Company focused on transforming UK business with purposeful companies that create long-term value by serving the needs of society. Previously her executive career included HR leadership roles at BT Group, the UK Department of Health and Social Care and Tesco, as well as international roles at Pepsi-Cola International and Quaker Oats. Her previous non-executive experience includes chairing the remuneration committees at Kingfisher, G4S and Heidrick & Struggles.

Dev Sanyal joined the board of M&G plc as well as the Audit and Risk committees on 16 May 2022. Dev Sanyal is Chief Executive Officer of VARO Energy Group AG, a Swiss-based diversified energy company, since 1 January 2022. Prior to this, he was a member of bp’s Group Executive committee for over a decade in a 32-year career with the company until 31 December 2021. He headed bp’s Gas and Low Carbon Energy businesses globally and prior to that was Chief Executive, Alternative Energy and accountable for bp’s Europe and Asia regions. Earlier, he was Group Treasurer and Chair, bp Investment Management Ltd. Dev served as an independent Non-Executive Director of Man Group plc from 2013 to 2022.

Joseph Pinto joined M&G plc in March 2023 and is Chief Executive Officer of M&G Asset Management.

With 30 years of experience in asset management, financial services, and consulting, Joseph joined from Natixis Investment Managers where he served as a Head of Distribution and Investment Solutions for EMEA, APAC and LATAM and Global Chief Operating Officer. Previously at AXA Investment Managers for 13 years, Joseph held senior positions, including Global Chief Operating Officer, Global Head of Markets & Investment Strategy and Head of Business Development for South Europe and the Middle East.

Kathryn joined M&G from Barclays PLC, where she served for over 20 years, most recently as Group Treasurer and before that as Head of Investor Relations. Prior to that she worked in investment banking at Barclays, Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers, focused on Financial Institutions. In addition to her responsibilities overseeing M&G plc’s financial operations and strategy, Kathryn champions the company’s focus on sustainability and diversity and inclusion.

Louise joined M&G in January 2023 from Santander where she was Director of Corporate Communications and Responsible Banking. 

Prior to that she led the communications and branding for RSA Insurance Group and Lloyd’s of London. She started her career working for the UK Government. 

Massimo Tosato joined M&G plc as an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of M&G Group Ltd, M&G Investment Management Ltd and M&G Alternative Investment Management Ltd in April 2020. Massimo has almost forty years’ experience as an investment banking and asset management entrepreneur and senior manager. His career has included 21 years at Schroders, where he served most recently as Chief Executive of Schroder Investment Management Limited and Executive Vice Chairman of Schroders plc. He has also held Board positions at Nutmeg, an online discretionary investment management start-up, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, served as Vice President of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and on the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School in New York for thirty years. Until 31 March 2020, he was also Non-executive Director of Pictet Asset Management in Geneva.

He is currently also Non-executive Chair of Banca Investis spa, co-Chair of TheCityUK Anglo Italian Financial Services Dialogue and Ambassador for Scope Group KGAA.

Matt joined M&G plc as the Chief of Staff in September 2019 and since then has also taken on the People and Technology functions making him Chief People Officer.

Matt was previously Managing Director for the Later Life Planning and Legal Services at the Co-op and prior to that the Managing Director for Barclays Secured Lending and the COO for the Retail Bank’s Global HR Operations. Earlier in his career Matt worked with a variety of FTSE Financial Services organisations working on transformation, change and integration with Accenture.

Clive Adamson has enjoyed a 44 year career in financial services spanning executive roles in banking and regulation and, more recently, board roles across wholesale and retail banking, insurance and asset management. Mr Adamson spent 20 years in wholesale banking initially with Citigroup and then with Bank of America where he held a number of senior positions including Regional Head of the UK and Northern Europe. He then moved into regulation as an adviser at the Bank of England before being appointed as Director of Major UK Groups at the newly formed Financial Services Authority, a position he held during the financial crisis. Mr Adamson then moved to the Financial Conduct Authority on its formation where he was Director of Supervision and an Executive Member of the Board. After 17 years in financial regulation, Mr Adamson has been a Non-executive Director of Virgin Money plc and currently is the Chair of Ashmore Group plc, a Non-Executive Director of JP Morgan Securities plc, the Chair of JP Morgan Europe Ltd, which houses the new Chase UK digital banking business, and the Chair of Nutmeg Savings & Investments Limited. He was also, until March 2022, a Senior Adviser at McKinsey & Company. Mr Adamson holds an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University.

Clare Thompson is an experienced Non-Executive Director with a deep understanding of the insurance sector and extensive financial services and audit experience.

Clare spent 23 years as lead audit partner on major financial services groups at PwC, predominantly in the insurance and investment sectors. Since stepping down from her executive career, Clare has had several non-executive directorships. Her previous Non-Executive Director roles include Direct Line Group plc and the British United Provident Association Limited (Bupa). Clare is a Non-Executive Director for the Financial Reporting Council.

Clare is Chair of Investment Funds Direct Limited (IFDL), the main M&G Wealth Platform operating entity, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.