Legal & General Group has announced the appointment of Paul Miller as group strategy and M&A director.

This is a new position, reporting to Nigel Wilson, group chief executive.

Miller will co-ordinate and advance group wide strategy, working in collaboration with colleagues across the group. He will be a member of the group executive committee and will start in June 2017.

Miller is currently head of EMEA insurance within the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs International, where he has spent 17 years covering a range of UK and international insurance companies.

Wilson said: “Paul brings outstanding and relevant commercial capability and experience to Legal & General, providing leadership to the development and execution of our growth strategy.

“Furthermore his management style fits well with our culture of positive constructive collaboration. I am delighted that Paul has chosen to join Legal & General.”