Canada Life names ex-Aviva head Lindsey Rix UK chief executive

Replacing Doug Brown

Jenna Brown
clock • 1 min read

Canada Life has hired Lindsey Rix as UK chief executive following her departure from rival provider Aviva.

Rix takes over in the top job at Canada Life following the departure of Doug Brown late last year. Rix joins from Aviva where she headed up its UK savings and retirement business.  At Canada Life, Rix will report into David Harney, president and chief operating officer Europe for Great-West Lifeco. Canada Life said Rix would continue to deliver the strategy set by the UK board to deliver a major transformation programme with the "ambition to become a major competitor in the retirement market combining the core strengths of its' well-established wealth, insurance and asset management b...

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