Michael Payne

Michael is a qualified actuary with around 20 years of post-qualification experience and around 30 years of experience of working in life assurance and pensions.

Michael is currently the CFO for Customer and Distribution (C&D) at M&G plc, where he has Finance and Pricing responsibilities.

In addition to this, he holds Non-Executive roles at Prudential International Assurance and Prudential Financial Planning Limited, as well as being a member of Prudential’s Independent Governance Committee.

Over his 13 years at M&G and Prudential, Michael has held a number of senior Actuarial and Finance roles, most recently being accountable for Regulatory and Legacy matters, and before that for all of financial reporting across UK and Europe.

Before joining M&G (Prudential), Michael spent a number of years working at Scottish Widows now part of Lloyds Banking Group, Scottish Friendly, and Scottish Amicable, in a variety of senior positions.