2004
John Kingman
Chair
Legal and General
Sir John Kingman became Chair of Legal & General, a financial services company based in the UK, in 2016. He was previously Second Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, where he was responsible for policy relating to business, financial services and infrastructure. He is also Chair of UK Research and Innovation, which oversees UK Government science and innovation spending of over ÂŁ7bn a year.
At the Treasury John 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 ÂŁ37bn recapitalisation. He was the first Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI). From 2010-12, John was Global Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Rothschild.
The 2004 World Fellows
The 2004 Yale World Fellows include the executive director of India’s second largest bank; the former Interim Mayor of La Paz, Bolivia; the principal advisor to the Prime Minister of Kosovo; the founder of Morocco’s first independent business newspaper; the director of the Israel’s first legal advocacy group dedicated to Arab minority rights; a Russian corporate governance reformer; Northern Ireland’s top government official in youth development; one of China’s most influential investigative journalists; and the Filipino Congressman who spearheaded passage of that nation’s Clean Air and Clean Water acts. “In just three years, the Yale World Fellows Program has assembled a diverse network of leaders spanning more than 40 countries...Read More
