Mark Wood BA Hons FCA MSI

Mark began his career with Price Waterhouse where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant specialising in financial services and particularly life insurance. He has held a number of senior positions in the financial services industry at Commercial Union, Barclays, Axa UK plc (Chief Executive, 1996 – 2001) and Prudential - UK and Europe (Chief Executive, 2001 – 2005).

Initially backed by Numis, and then with £500 million of equity financing from a number of institutions including Deutsche Bank, Mark founded Paternoster in December 2005. Paternoster is a regulated insurance company that takes on the risks associated with companies’ final salary/defined benefit pension schemes.