Fiona Clutterbuck joined the board of M&G plc as Senior Independent Director on 9 October 2020 and also joined the Audit, Risk, Remuneration and Nomination committees. Ms Clutterbuck is chair of Paragon Banking Group PLC and a non-executive director at Sampo plc, the Nordic financial services group. She was previously a non-executive director of Hargreaves Lansdown plc, the UK financial services group, until 8 October 2020. Ms Clutterbuck has spent over 30 years in financial services. Her most recent executive role was Head of Strategy, Corporate Development and Communications at Pearl/Phoenix Group (2008-2018), and she was previously Head of Financial Institutions Advisory at ABN AMRO Investment Bank and Global Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at HSBC Investment Bank.