Sir Nigel Wilson
The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Sir Nigel Wilson presents as a quintessential Architect, systematically redesigning Legal and General from a traditional life and pensions insurer into a large-scale asset originator and manager built around long-term structural themes.
“I think I've got great colleagues. That's what makes the difference. We have a great culture around that. We're solving problems that excite me. It's something that I've, since I was a young person, been challenged by. How do you really make a difference?”
“It's interesting that we've evolved it already. We see great opportunities for further growth in business. We think of Active as being a slightly different thing, our liability-driven investment business, which is 560 billion.”
“Nobody else does that, if I'm to say, tell me another house builder who actually puts together affordable build-to-rent urban, suburban, modular construction, later life living, as well as builder sell, and is happy to build all the infrastructure around that. We wanted people to do that, but we failed on that.”
“Onshore and offshore wind business. We have a solar business. We do perovskite, which is a way of making solar panels more efficient. We've got battery storage business. We own 35% of the UK's largest ground source heating business. We're in air source heating. A bit of nuclear fusion as well from some brilliant academics in Oxford.”
Money Maze Podcast: “£1.4 Trillion in Assets, £2 Billion of Profit: Sir Nigel Wilson, CEO of Legal and General, Explains The Opportunities Ahead”
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