OneFamily has announced new senior executive and non-executive board member appointments.
Teddy Nyahasha has been confirmed as the mutual’s new chief financial officer and Philippa Herz has become chief risk officer.
Nyahasha has worked within the mutual sector for the last few years with Royal London. He brings with him over 20 years’ of financial services experience and will also become a member of the company board.
Herz has worked risk management and conduct regulation within the financial services sector for 25 years, most recently at Bupa.
In addition, OneFamily has appointed two new non-executive board members, Graham Lindsay and Steve Colsell.
Lindsay held a number of senior executive roles at Lloyds Banking Group, before retiring after 40 years, including responsibility for the Lloyds branch network. He also holds other non-executive roles in the financial services and charitable sectors.
Colsell joins the OneFamily Board after a career in banking, insurance and mortgage lending, notably with Zurich Insurance, Lloyds Banking Group and Kensington Group. He also holds other non-executive roles in the financial services sector.
Simon Markey, On Family chief executive, said: “I’m delighted to announce these new executive and non-executive appointments, which complete our newly strengthened leadership and governance team.
“Our 2015 year-end results showed that we have already taken significant strides on our journey towards creating the modern mutual, delivering a substantial increase in our financial strength, as well as improved operating efficiency and new business sales.
“These appointments will further enhance our governance and leadership capabilities and mark another important step in our journey to deliver on our ambitious strategy to create the modern mutual.
“We have set out our mission to provide products and services to enable families to work together to meet the financial demands of modern life and a strong leadership team and excellent governance are vital to achieving this goal.”
