Nick Prettejohn has been an executive director of Prudential and Chief Executive, Prudential UK and Europe since 1 January 2006. He is also a member of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Lloyd's of London from July 1999 until December 2005. He joined the Corporation of Lloyd's in 1995 as Head of Strategy, and played a key role in the Reconstruction and Renewal process, which reorganised Lloyd's after the losses of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Following the successful completion of the reorganisation in 1996 he became Managing Director of Lloyd's Business Development Unit and in 1998 he also assumed responsibility for Lloyd's North America business unit. Prior to his appointment to Lloyd's he was responsible for corporate strategy at National Freight Corporation plc, and prior to that he was a partner at management consultants Bain and Co and a director of private equity company Apax Partners. He is also a board member of the Royal Opera House. |