Joanne Jolly

General Counsel & Company Secretary, Insurance and General Counsel, Wealth, Lloyds Banking Group

Joanne is a member of LBG’s Senior Leadership Group and the Legal Leadership team, a member of the Insurance Executive and Company Secretary to the Insurance Board. She leads a team of 43 people within Legal and Company Secretariat who are responsible for the provision of legal services to the Insurance & Wealth business and Group Pensions, deliver good corporate governance within the Insurance & Wealth Division and support the Insurance Board. The function is cross-divisional, supporting Wealth, Investments, Pensions (Individual, Corporate & Bulk Annuities), Protection and General Insurance.

Joanne has circa 20 years’ experience in financial services and has worked extensively across the Insurance sector.  Most recently before joining LBG in 2014, Joanne was Group General Counsel & Company Secretary of RSM Tenon Group plc (now part of Baker Tilly).  Before joining Baker Tilly, Joanne was General Counsel, Aviva Group Centre at Aviva plc and prior to that she was a Partner in the Reinsurance & International Risk team at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, where she advised clients on a broad range of insurance and reinsurance matters.