Sir John Kingman KCB FRS
Reappointed for a four-year term from 14 March 2023 until 13 March 2027.
John Kingman was appointed as Chair of Legal & General Group plc from October 24, 2016. John is also Chair of Tesco Bank and Deputy Chair of the National Gallery.
John had a long Whitehall career; as Second Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, he had responsibility for the Treasury’s economics ministry functions and for policy relating to business, financial services and infrastructure. He was closely involved in the UK response to the financial crisis, handling the resolution of Northern Rock and leading negotiations with RBS, Lloyds and HBOS on their £37bn recapitalisation; he was the first Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI); and from 2010-12, John was Global Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Rothschild. From 2016-21 he was the first Chair of UK Research & Innovation, which oversees Government science funding of c£8bn a year.
John is also a member of the Trilateral Commission and a World Fellow of Yale University. He chaired the judges for…
