DLA Piper Business Advisory provides solutions to clients’ real problems via an integrated team of legal and advisor experts. Solutions include Sustainability and ESG and Integrated M&A in addition to aligned advisory capabilities from strategy and design through to transformation, project management and organisational change.

Provision of interim and advisory support in organic and M&A strategy development, design and delivery of purpose driven strategies & frameworks and market entry / innovation strategy.

External & customer insight & innovation; purpose-driven strategy development & articulation; corporate & public affairs; ESG / CSR strategy & agenda; group economist function

Executive level strategy professional with deep sector knowledge and experience in Life, Pensions and Investments, General Insurance, Asset and Wealth Management.Clients over the last 5 years have included 3 FTSE 100 companies,1 Fortune 500 corporation and 3 global insurers, as well as mid-sized insurers, distributors, a building society and Private Equity.

Driving the formulation and shaping of strategy and M&A activity across Aviva's Life, GI and Health businesses and its translation into implementation

Responsible for working with the Life executive team to evaluate, re-define, implement and communicate the strategy for the UK Life company

Advising insurance and asset management clients in pre-deal M&A strategy and running post deal integration programmes

Working with the MDs of Wealth, Life, GI and credit card business units to review, design and approve their business strategies in the overall Barclays corporate context

Providing M&A and strategy consultancy advice to Life and GI insurers and fund managers focussing on distribution, proposition and market entry strategy

Deal origination, execution and strategic M&A advice to clients in the Life and asset management sectors

Business strategy and performance improvement consultancy to the telecoms, manufacturing and financial services sector